I dont own any of the characters and the plot well...it seems a bit deja vu.

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Nao was thrown into a nearby alleyway behind a bar, battered, bloody and bruised.

Two men pinned her to the wall as a third approached her with a knife and promptly began to rip at her school uniform.

She didn't scream, beg or even cry knowing she was defenseless against these men.

Not because she had lost her HiME powers and not because she could not fight, no….Nao had lost the will to live.

Currently lost in her own world blocking out everything, Nao didn't feel the blow dealt to her face, the knife cutting into the flesh on her shoulder or even realized the men had suddenly stopped what they were doing.

The men were interrupted from their 'play' by the sound of a motorbike approaching, prompting them to look up as their faces connected with a powerful fist, a kick to the ribs and a gunshot wound to the hand of all three men.

Giving the men another kick the biker took a leather jacket from one of them and placed it on Nao who had now slumped to the ground; dead eyes staring blankly as her savoir whisked her off onto the bike and drove off taking her into the night.

Only one word floated in her mind….

Mommy.

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Natsuki had gone to the bar to pay one of her contacts for giving her recent information on the Seers foundation. Wanting to make sure that everything had finally settled before she would attempt to live what people called a 'normal' life.

It was when she was leaving; putting on her helmet and mounting her bike she noticed a girl dressed in Fuuka a uniform being thrown into the alley and three seedy looking men follow.

Without a second thought Natsuki powered up her bike and hoped she wasn't too late to save the girl.

When she arrived the men seemed surprised, noting this advantage Natsuki landed blows on all of them before pulling out her gun and shooting them each in the hand. Letting smile creep onto her face as she heard the men scream in agony knowing they won't be forgetting this lesson.

Kicking the men again Natsuki looked up to see that the girl was slumped to the floor, face partially hidden in the dark but from what she could tell it seemed swollen.

Her top had been pretty much ripped to shreds as blood from the knife wound soaked what was left of it, seeing this Natsuki took the jacket from the man closest to her and walked up to the girl.

Putting the jacket on the girl Natsuki got to get a real look at her face.

Seems these worms did a right number on her features, busted lip, swollen left cheek and a black left eye with a trail of blood flowing from the wound above her eye…

Natsuki's train of thought came to a sudden halt when she realized who it was in front of her.

Nao.

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A/N: I know Shizuru not appeared but she will be in chap 2!