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Here it is my next story. It's labeled T for now but it might change to M later on. Hope you enjoy the first chapter. The next chapter should be up soon. Enjoy!!


The Carnival had ended and everyone was in the process of moving on. During all of this Natsuki was spending her time trying to catch up on her school work and thinking about Shizuru. The two decided to remain friends but Natsuki was keeping some distance between her and the kaichou.

Graduation came and afterward Shizuru was to return home to Kyoto. Mai threw a party for her and everyone attended except for the cobalt haired girl. No one was thinking that she wouldn't show up, late yes but at least she would be there.

Shizuru was upset by it but she wasn't going to press Natsuki about it by calling her because she did notice the distance that Natsuki was making. So the chestnut haired girl decided to let it go and enjoy the party as much as she could. She could only hope that the cobalt haired girl would see her before she left to go home.

The next day Shizuru was standing at the train station waiting for the train to arrive. Tears were struggling to surface. That was until she heard what she had been wanting to hear.

"Shizuru," spoke a voice from behind.

The ex-kaichou turned around and looked at the biker girl that stood before. 'She came!' she thought. A smile, a real smile crossed her face.

"Um are you mad at me?" Natsuki asked while she scratched the back of her head.

"Ara why would I be mad at Natsuki?" Shizuru asked with a look of confusion on her face.

"Well I didn't come to the party last night but I do have a reason why. So are you made at me?" Natsuki was looking at the chestnut haired girl with hopeful puppy eyes.

The upset feeling that the tea lover was feeling the night before seemed to evaporate when she saw those eyes. 'There is no way I can be mad at you when you look at me that way.'

"I am not mad at you Natsuki but I would love to hear the reason why. Will you tell me?"

"Um well I'm sure you noticed that I have been a little distant lately and that is because I have been doing a lot of thinking. I've been thinking about us and how I feel about you. And so I have come to a decision." Natsuki stopped talking and took a few breaths to calm down. She was getting really nervous about what she was about to say.

Shizuru was also getting nervous or maybe it was excitement. After all she was hoping that the words that came out of the young woman before her would be the words that she has been dying to hear.

"Shizuru I lo-," Natsuki started to say but was interrupted by someone.

"Hey Shizuru-san, are you ready to go? Our parents can't wait to see us," a man said while putting an arm around the ex-kaichou. Shizuru froze in place and turned toward the man.

Natsuki was shocked by the man that just showed up and put an arm around Shizuru. The man seemed to notice the biker and decided to ask who she was.

"Hello my name is Clef Maki. I'm Shizuru-san's fiancé and you are?" Clef asked as he extended his hand.

"Natsuki Kuga. I'm Shizuru's friend," she answered and shook hands with the man. 'Fiancé! She has a fiancé!?! Great job Natsuki, you took too long and now she has someone else. God why did I take so long to decide. I should fight for her but I want her to be happy. So if this is who she wants and he can make her happy then so be it,' she thought to herself during the brief handshake.

Shizuru was also having thoughts run through her mind during this brief introduction. 'No, no ,no ,no, no this cannot be happening. After all that has happened Natsuki was finally going to say the words that I having been longing to hear and Maki-han decides to show up.' Shizuru then glanced at Natsuki and saw the reactions cross the younger girl. First there was shock, followed by disbelief and sadness, and then acceptance. 'Wait, acceptance? No Natsuki don't accept this, please finish what you were going to say.'

Natsuki saw that their train was coming so she decided to leave. "Well your train is arriving so I better get going." The former ice-Hime turned to leave.

"Wait Natsuki you were telling me something," Shizuru reminded her. The chestnut haired girl stepped forward and grabbed the biker's arm. 'Please say it,' she thought.

"Oh ah don't worry about it." She removed her arm from Shizuru's grasp and scratched the back of her head. A slight blush appeared on her cheeks. "Congratulations on the engagement. I guess you told everyone about it last night. Don't forget to invite me to the wedding." Natsuki walked away as fast as she could.

Shizuru watched the girl leave while tears started to form in her eyes. Clef came next to Shizuru and took a quick glance at her. What he saw upset him. Here the girl that was to marry him and love him was looking at her friend with longing and affection. Clef then glared at the retreating back of the cobalt haired girl. 'No one is taking Shizuru away from me,' he decided.

-1 year later-

Shizuru was in her wedding dress looking at herself in the mirror. She was going to have to walk down the aisle soon. The woman was praying that the ex-ice-Hime would show up and take her away.

Shizuru didn't want to go through with this but she made a deal with Clef when they first arrived at Kyoto. Apparently Clef figured out her feelings and told her that he would call off the engagement if Natsuki showed up in Kyoto to take her away before they were married.

But there was one condition. Shizuru could not have any contact with anyone in Fuka. No one could know about this deal. The ex-kaichou decided to take the deal because she believed that Natsuki would come for her. She had a feeling she would have to wait but Natsuki would come for her.

As Shizuru walked down the aisle her eyes looked around the room to see if Natsuki was there. When she reached the alter she almost burst into tears but the tears were stopped. Shizuru had a feeling that people would see the tears as a sign of happiness instead of sadness.

Clef had the biggest smile on his face. During the ceremony Clef kept telling himself that he was the luckiest man alive. He was marrying into the Fujino family and he wouldn't have to worry about anything ever again.

At the reception Shizuru had on the perfect mask. There was no way anyone would be able to tell that this was the worst day of her life. The new bride looked around the reception hall and saw the ex-Himes sitting at a table. She immediately went to that table to talk to Mai. She just had to know where Natsuki was.

"Ah hello and congratulations Fuji-ah I mean Maki-san," Mai said when the bride arrived at the table.

"Hello Tokiha-san and it is still Fujino. His last name is what is going to change," Shizuru informed the table. "But I was wondering where Natsuki was. I sent her an invitation but she never responded."

Everyone at the table got really nervous. No one wanted to look Shizuru in the eye. Mikoto got teary eyed and buried her head in Mai's chest. This definitely scared the tea lover.

Yukino finally decided to speak up when she noticed the ex-kaichou get scared. "Fujino-san Kuga-san has been missing since you left. No one knows where she is."

"We had to pack up her stuff and put it in storage because we couldn't pay for her apartment. Yukino-san even checked her bank account and there hasn't been changes for the past year," Mai told her while she stroked Mikoto's head.

"She's been missing for a year! Why didn't anyone tell me?"

"Fujino-san you didn't contact any of us while you've been here in Kyoto. We figured that you didn't want to be told anything," Mai said.

"That's because…," Shizuru started to tell them but stopped herself. "Have you been looking for her?"

"At first we did but after a couple of months past we figured she didn't want to be found. But we still contact hospitals every week to see if she is there but nothing," Yukino answered.

"Ah there you are my love. Your parents want to talk to you," Clef told his wife. His smile was even bigger than before. He grabbed Shizuru's hand and kissed it.

This action almost made the perfect mask fall to show her disgust but she was able to hold it at the last moment. Everyone at the table smiled slightly for the couple and when the couple walked away Shizuru looked back and mouthed I will call you to Mai.

The reception ended and everyone went their separate ways. Shizuru was planning on calling Mai when she got back to her room. Clef came up from behind her and wrapped his arms around his new wife.

"Now that we are married we can enjoy ourselves," he told her as he went to kiss her on the cheek. Shizuru got out of his hold and turned around and smacked him across the face. Clef was shocked by the action.

"Just because I married you does not mean I will sleep with you. Natsuki is the only one that I will have in my bed. Your bedroom is over there." Shizuru opened her bedroom's door. "You are never to touch me again." She went into her room and shut and locked the door before he could even respond to her.

'That bitch how dare she. I am her husband. Well I guess I can wait. Once she realizes that Kuga isn't going to come for her than she will come to my bed.' Clef walked to his bedroom with a smile on his face.

Once Shizuru was in her room she immediately grabbed the phone and called Mai. She hoped that Mai didn't change her number. Mai didn't. The two talked about Natsuki and what could have happened. By the end of the call Mai agreed to call Shizuru if Natsuki ever contacted her.

When Shizuru was done talking to Mai she called information and got a hold of every private investigators phone numbers to call. She called every number and hired them all to look for Natsuki.

'No matter how long it takes I will find you Natsuki.' The tea lover then got ready for bed praying that her Natsuki would be found soon.

-5 years later-

Shizuru got out of her car and stared at the bar in front of her. The bar was owned by Midori. The adventurous red head bought the place. Mai worked here but she practically ran the place because Midori kept running off.

Shizuru was here to talk to Mai. During these past five years Mai kept in contact during the first three years but the last two she barely called. Two days ago the tea drinker called the ex-fire-Hime but all she got was the voicemail. Shizuru had a feeling that Mai was hiding something and she wanted to know what it was.

When Shizuru entered she saw Mai behind the bar restocking the glasses. Shizuru sat at the bar.

"Hello Tokiha-san, how have you been?"

Mai dropped the glass that was in her hand luckily it didn't break and spun around. "Fu-fu-fujino-san! What are you doing here?"

"Ara, ara I was just in the neighborhood and thought I would stop by. After all we haven't talked to each other in a while." Shizuru put her elbow on the bar and rested her head on her hand.

"Oh I'm fine. Sorry I haven't talked to you in a while I have been pretty busy with this place." Mai started to fidget and she looked really nervous.

"Tokiha-san you seem nervous. Is something wrong? Is there something that you want to tell me?"

Mai bit her bottom lip and looked toward the door. Someone was coming inside and when she saw that person she realized that she had to come clean.

"Please don't be at mad me. She made me promise not to tell you. I wanted to tell you, really I did," Mai blurted out. She looked toward the entrance again. This time Shizuru did as well.


What do you think? This idea popped in my head sometime ago but it was hard to get it on paper. Hoped you liked.

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