"This is getting ridiculous Sakura-San." Sumire said vehemently with a slight glare. "I have no idea why I let you rope me into this! I have no relations to Merem except for her being my love rival for Natsume-Kun and classmate. She's safe!"

Mikan continued walking forward, hiding in every dark hallway, and making sure her footsteps wouldn't be heard. She ignored the piles of complaints coming from behind her.

"As much as I care for Merem, I find this operation much more than I bargained for." Iinchou added.

Annoyed by the complaints Hotaru grabbed her baka gun, put it on, and launched a hoof at Mikan, watching as it hit her and made her fly in the air before she landed on the ground.

Expecting Mikan to get up immediately, she made no step to apologize. Mikan however did not get up.

"Imai-San! What if Mikan is hurt?" Ruka said is disbelief. He ran holding his rabbit before squatting down next to the prone girl.

Soft sniffles could be heard.

"Sakura-San..." Ruka said worriedly.

Mikan pushed herself off the ground.

"I have to go there and tell them what actually happened, why Merem suddenly lost control of her Alice ability." Mikan said resolutely.

"Then why am I going as well?!" Sumire said upset.

"Because you started it!" Mikan yelled back at Sumire. "You were an instigator! Stop complaining and help me explain. And you!" She pointed at Natsume. "Why didn't you help Merem out you fraud! You had the evidence we needed that could have prevented this from happening in the first place." Mikan said lashing out at Natsume. The guilt making her rage more than usual.

Natsume continued to stare at her silently. Taking the brunt of her anger with ease.

In actuality, Natsume chose not to interfere with the problem to see what response Mikan would have to the idea of him and Merem going out, he didn't actually think it would cause Merem to lose control and that this scenario would happen. But there was no way he would ever tell them the truth.

Natsume stuck his tongue out when they turned their heads, at this moment Ruka knew what Natsume was thinking like the back of his hand.

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They stood in front of the door to the teachers office.

Apprehensive Mikan knocked on the door and waited.

She was confused... were they not here?

She put her ear against the door in curiosity, but couldn't hear anything due to the thickness of the door. Frustrated she was about to pull on her hair until Hotaru tapped on her shoulder. Mikan turned around.

"Here."

In Hotaru's hand were her newest invention, Spy Earmuffs that allowed the user to hear anything within a 50 meter radius. Hearing beyond the door was a piece of cake using this invention.

"Thanks Hotaru."

They all looked at Mikan to gauge her reaction. Maybe the adults weren't there.

Mikan suddenly widened her eyes before uttering a word that made their stomachs drop in horror.

"Merem-Chan was kidnapped."

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"Are you sure Narumi?" Jinno-Sensei said in disbelief.

The barrier the teachers had used was made by a trusted alumni that had graduated from their school. No one other than him could let people in or out. Unfortunately, they were unable to get out any information from the man as he had gone under a coma once his barrier had broken. As his life was connected with the barriers he creates.

"How was the situation inside the room?" Serina said apprehensively.

"It was as though they had a brawl, except the brawl was entirely one sided. The wall had been blown open, I suggest that there were alice ability users who had broken into the barrier and kidnapped Merem."

"What do we do now?" Misaki said.

Jinno sighed and rubbed the back of his neck, "She still has her ID on her as well as her necklace. We could use that to track her location, but there may be a barrier. We need more time."

"She may die during that time." Narumi said morbidly. He would not allow it, not under his watch.

"It's the only thing we can do without allowing our students to find out, especially that Mikan." Jinno said. "If we want to be smart we have to start now."

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"Where are we going Sakura-Chan?" Iinchou shouted as he ran behind her.

"We're going to get Merem back!"

"And how are we going to do that?"

"The same way we got Natsume back." Mikan said.

"Are you crazy?! We were lucky at that time, we chased after that black car which is why we got out." Sumire said panting heavily as she ran.

Mikan stopped running, and took time to breathe. She turned around to face them.

"Then I don't know! I don't know what we can do!" Her hopes were dashed, she had no idea how to save Merem, and with no tips as to where she was kidnapped or where she was taken to Mikan was stuck at a dead end.

Hotaru thought a bit before telling the others to follow her.

——-

"Isn't this Merem's room? Why are we here?" Mikan asked in wonder.

"I think we can use something here that can help us find Merem."

Ruka who had been silent most of the time spoke up, "and what would that be?"

"The clothes Merem made. They are ingrained with special materials created by Alice users. I've noticed that Merem used her wish alice a lot while making these clothes."

"And? What would that do for us?" Sumire said. "What point would it be if I went, she didn't even make the clothes for me. Humph." But she couldn't take her eyes off of the outfits layed out in front of her. They were gorgeous, she was afraid she'd dirty it. The dresses looked so soft and dainty, obviously made by a real pro. She didn't know that Merem-San liked to do this type of stuff. Actually she didn't know much about Merem at all.

They watched as Hotaru took out another invention.

"This is my Alice detecting machine." Hotaru said simply. "It detects the amount of Alice being held within an object.

"Ohh~ as expected of you Hotaru!" Mikan said with praise.

"Now then..." scanning the items with her invention Hotaru managed to find that 25% of the cloth held the Alice from its original creator while the other 75% had been injected into the outfit using Merem's Alice ability.

"What would clothes infused with Merem's alice ability do? Isn't it just a regular cloth?" Iinchou asked.

"No... by infusing your Alice into your clothes it allows the wearer to be able to use your Alice ability. In short, if we wanted to teleport we would be able to teleport." Hotaru explained.

"And why is that?" Ruka asked.

"It's because she has the wish alice, she could do anything she wanted to!" Mikan said finally understanding what Hotaru was saying.

"There's just one problem. These are all dresses." Ruka said.

"It's fine, right Natsume?" Mikan said taking a glance at the boy next to her.

He looked utterly disgusted at the thought of wearing a dress that was so ... cute ...and what's more Merem's own clothes.

"It's fine. They're half finished anyway, you don't have to wear them, you just need to have it somewhere on your body." She looked at Iinchou, "We need someone to cover for us if people ask for our locations, I trust you the most and I know Mikan won't stay behind."

"Got it." Inchou said determinedly.

"Sumire, with your senses and your Alice. Your assistance is needed." Hotaru said to Sumire.

Sumire crossed her arms for a while before turning her head, "will I get to wear the dress?"

Hotaru blinked before saying, "just as long as you don't damage it, then I guess Merem won't mind."

Sumire squealed before grabbing the dress she had been eyeing the entire time she first stepped into the room.

Natsume sighed and then wrapped the dress around his arm. Ruka did the exact same thing.

Mikan gazed at the dresses sullenly before Hotaru sighed and said, "we can wear the dresses too. Hopefully Merem won't mind."

The girls changed behind the dresser before gathering in a circle with the boys.

"Remember these dresses only contain Merem's Alice. It's not unlimited. We have to use them wisely, we're going into the lion's den. Mikan I need you to wish this-"

"Wait... then why can't we go and wish Merem here?" Natsume said smartly.

Hotaru and Natsume had a sudden stare off.

"That... I haven't thought of that." Hotaru said.

"Mikan try to wish for Merem to be here in this room."

"Alright." Mikan said happily, "This will be a piece of cake."

She closed her eyes and wished.

Minutes passed and there was nothing.

"What happened?" Ruka said.

"Yeah! Why did my Natsume-Kun's idea not work?" Sumire said indignantly.

Mikan twitched at Sumire's words.

Hotaru went into thought before coming with a solution.

"There must be a barrier Alice at play here. And since this Alice doesn't belong to us, we can only attack face to face."

"Thank goodness, I'll still be able to wear the dress!" Sumire said.

"Ahahaaa..." Iinchou said while sweat dropping. 'Is that the only thing you care about?'

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