What happens in Gakuen Alice volume 5?

Answer 1

Ch.24-23-The somatic abilities class is putting on a play. It's a mix between Snow White and sleeping beauty. Koko and Kitsuneme bring sticky balls in with them back stage. Long story short, the sticky balls make almost the entire cast stick together, making them unable to perform in the play. Other people who weren't stuck were forced to take over for the missing cast. Mikan stepped in for the lead part of the prince and Natsume was added as the cat in the forest! Naru ends up changing the play about half way through and the new cast is forced to improvise. At the end, Naru has a student write on a cue card that the Prince (Mikan) has to kiss Snow White (Luca) on the lips. Just when they were about to kiss, Natsume -out of jealousy- threw an eraser at Mikan's head.

Ch.25- Mikan and her friends watch the alice parade during the last day of the festival. Afterwards is the award ceremony. The technical class wins the biggest award for their attractions. Hotaru wins the rookie award and The Special abilties class wins the Special award. While everyone is walking out, Naru finds Mikan and gives her a letter from her grandfather. Mikan is ecstatic, she even sleeps with the letter.

Ch.26-We learn about the last dance in this chapter. The chapter starts with a bunch of girls asking Natsume and Luca to dance with them during the last dance. People start accusing Mikan and Luca that they might dance together since they "kissed" during the play. Mikan freaks out. (in the anime Mikan, Nonoko, and Anna-chan all watch. Mikan asks what the Last Dance is. They explain how when a boy excepts the girls last dance request, the two will fall in love and go out. Mikan clearly is confused and wonders about love.) That night, they all go to the dance and find Tsubasa and Misaki. They explain to mikan about the last dance and comment on everyone's costumes. Mikan walks off to dance and Natsume notices Luca staring at Mikan. He shoves Luca into Mikan forcing them to dance with each other. When they dance, they both seemed to be trying their hardest. They both dance with smiles on their faces. When its over Hotaru tells Luca how dense Mikan is, causing him to blush. He then is instructed to go get Hotaru cake. Mikan dances with other people (Naru, Yuri-senpai, Prez, and the "stretchy guy") Mikan then finds natsume, and he appears to be holding a grudge for when Mikan said that she wouldn't dance with Natsume. He then asks another girl to dance, whilst he glares at Mikan. Mikan being left in a bad mood goes to the bathroom. On her way back she runs into natsume. Natsume starts the conversation saying how "It's all so stupid." Mikan is clearly confused. Natsume explains how things like the alice festival never had anything to do with people like him. Natsume tells Mikan that she had better not get in over her head in darkness and that she should stay in the light. Natsume probably realized what he was saying and told Mikan to go away using the word Ugly. Mikan, being sensitive to ugly where ever she goes, freaks out at him. She nags natsume to call her by her first name, so he does (with any honorifics) and it shocks her. As a third command, natsume tells Mikan not to complain about what he calls her. The chapter closes off with Hotaru asking Mikan to dance with her for the last dance.

Ch.27~The chapter starts off with Naru telling his class that they will be having exams. Iichou explains that you get a months worth of shopping coupons for central town, a special certificate, and a week trip back home. Mikan decides to study with Iinchou and Luca. They test Mikan to see what she knows and she doesn't know anything. Mikan looks at Natsume and his eyes seem to be insulting her, calling her stupid. Mikan discovering that her classmates aren't going to be of any help, she goes to her favorite senpai. Tsubasa isn't much help either, by only discouraging her a little. She asks Nodachi about it, but everything he tells her is different then the textbook, which isn't going to help at all. Tsubasa tells her to focus on one subject and to be clever. Mikan gets determined and asks her classmates for help. They end up all working together while they study. Then, people start asking Natsume, and he joins too. Test day comes and Naru's test is having the class write a love letter to him. Misaki's test has each student working under the the supervision of a cactus that shoots you with needles if you cheat by using your alice. After the tests, everyone compares answers. Persona see's Natsume walking alongside Mikan. The next exam is the cooking exam. One of the students catches something on fire and the teacher uses his hair alice to get the extinguisher to the fire. The next test is being given out by Persona. Natsume is shocked that he's there. Persona seeing Natsume's surprise smirks in pleasure. At the end of the test, Mikan cries because her best wasn't quite enough, causing Hotaru to comfort her. Natsume then confronts Persona, asking him about what was that all about. Persona comments on how Natsume's eyes lost the wildness they used to have. He says that the reason behind that could be because of Mikan. The chapter closes with Persona threatening Natsume to be careful. Obviously this means that if he doesn't act wisely, Mikan might get hurt.

Ch.28~ This chapter starts off with Mikan crying because she had the lowest grades. While she's walking, she encounters a bunch of stuffed animals carrying a bucket of water to their master. They ask Mikan to help them by carrying the bucket for them. This is the first time Mikan encounters Kaname. Seeing the situation (Kaname needed water for his meds) Mikan buys him a bottled water. It turns out that Kaname is Tsubasa's best friend who made bear. He had been hospitalized for a while. When they go to visit bear, it is disclosed that Kaname and Bear are very VERY close. They go inside for snacks and tea and a bunch of girls come. Apparently, Kaname had made the stuffed animals that were getting water and gave them to the girls. Kaname goes to get water at the well, because the cabin doesn't have Plumbing so the girls put in plumbing. While cleaning dishes, Tsubasa tells Mikan that Kaname has the Alice Shape that takes away life. On top of that Kaname has a weak body. The next couple days, Kaname isn't in class because he got a fever from partying too much. Mikan starts to think about Kanames alice shape and her mind wonders off to Natsume. She notices how he has been ignoring her. Meanwhile, that night, Tsubasa visits Kanames dorm and they talk for a while. Tsubasa notices flowers on Kaname's window sill. Meanwhile, everyone talks about how they had seen a human soul. They send Mikan and Hotaru (who tags along) to see what it was. They find out that it wasn't a ghost, in fact it was bear. Kaname waits by his window for bear and Mikan discovers why Bear has a soft spot for Kaname. The setting changes to Natsume, who's in his dorm clutching his chest. Theres a bag of pills beside him. The chapters ends with Kaname going back to the hospital and Mikan declaring that she is going to become friends with bear!

Hope this helped! Took me a while to write but it was fun to go back and read the chapters!