Okay I have re-done all my current chapters and they should now make more sense and have less errors!
Enjoy!!
1.
Life was cruel!
Natsuki and Shizuru had learnt this when they had overcome the many obstacles before, during and after the events at the Hime Carnival. They had had hard times, and good times, and they had got through them together. They were finally happy, or so they thought.
"SHIZURU!!"
Looking up from her tea Shizuru chocked her head to the side listening as her lovers scream threatened to break the sound barrier. Smiling to herself Shizuru calmly walked out of the kitchen and towards their bathroom.
After only 6 months Natsuki had surprised Shizuru by suggested that they move in together. Shizuru had jumped at the idea and they had bought a small house a few minutes after the suggestion. Shizuru was not one to let an opportunity pass her by. They had been living happily in their new home for almost a year, until recently that is.
Leaning against the empty doorway Shizuru stared at a half naked Natsuki staggering out of the shower.
Arching her eyebrow she put a finger to her lips in a classic Shizuru thinking position.
"Ara, I think that look suits my Natsuki very well, has she dressed like that just for me?" Shizuru said slyly winking at her blushing girlfriend.
Clad in only a towel that she had quickly pulled around her body Natsuki stared at Shizuru in shock.
"Don't act all innocent! It obvious what you've done! How could you! Have you ever heard of privacy!" Natsuki fumed.
"Does my Natsuki want some privacy while taking her shower? You say this to some one who has seen you naked more times that she has drunk tea?" Shizuru said turning to lean fully against the doorframe, leering at her lover.
"Shizuru don't change the subject, though we both know you've drunk more tea!"
'That's what you think' Shizuru smiled to herself
"But still. Look what you've done!" Natsuki stated pointing to the doorframe and waving her arm around.
"Where's the door Shizuru!!"
Shizuru simply returned to the kitchen giggling.
--Flashback—
Natsuki, still half asleep, had staggered down the hall and into the bathroom. After standing in the shower for a few seconds she realised that she hadn't closed the door. So to avoid any unpleasant surprises she began to climb out of the shower.
As she looked up to the empty door way she realised something saw missing.
"SHIZURU!!" she screamed
--End Flashback—
Three cups of tea later Natsuki appeared dressed and ready to leave for work. Looking up her Shizuru sighed, 'T-shirt and jeans, the same thing day in day out'
Collecting her keys Natsuki felt Shizuru's arms wrap around her waist as she pulled Natsuki's back against her chest. Resting her chin on Natsuki's shoulder she blew lightly in her ear.
"I'm sorry about the door Natsuki, I'll put it back up today"
With a loud sigh Natsuki turned around and pulled Shizuru into a strong embrace whispering into her ear as she stroked her Kyoto beauty's hair.
"I'm the one that should be sorry. I over reacted. I've just stressed out and highly strung lately. I've had a lot on my mind, I'm sorry I've been so distant these last couple of weeks. I'll make it up to you tonight"
She said kissing her loves ear, then looking up at the clock she jumped.
"Shit I'm going to be late!"
Kissing Shizuru softly on the lips she slipped out of her loves embrace and snatched up her helmet and keys running to the door she disappeared. Only to appear a second later.
"Oh and you can leave the door were it is, I don't think we really need it. But no going over board and taking away the front door!"
Then she was gone as the sound of her bike was heard instead.
Shizuru just stood there in shock. 'What just happened? What did she mean, what has she had on her mind- Wait she said i could leave the door! And what has she got planned for tonight'
Shizuru frowned slightly wondering what was going on in Natsuki's head that had made her act so different in the last 2 months! It had all started after she came back from her trip to visit her fathers sister.
After years of believing she had no family left Natsuki had received a letter of summons from a Maria Kuga, informing Natsuki that her father had a sister and that she would like to meet Natsuki. Natsuki had been gone for 13 days, during that time she had made to contact with Shizuru, driving her mad with worry.
Then when Natsuki had returned she acted quite and reserved, she barely spoke and was often zoned out thinking about something, and every time Shizuru asked what was wrong she either changed the subject or said it was nothing. This had been worrying her since Natsuki had come home.
'What had happened between Natsuki and Maria?'
Speeding down the street Natsuki cursed herself over and over again.
'How could I have not seen how I was hurting her, I should just tell her. No! This is my problem I need to find a way out of it myself. What if I told her, it would hurt her. Shizuru would hate me! Why did I even agree to this, stupid Aunt baka! Maria forced me into this, its not my fault I'm the last generation of the Kuga's left'
"SCREW THIS I DON'T WANT TO FIND A HUSBAND!" Natsuki screamed as her bike screeched around the corner.
Three men and an old woman stared after the enraged biker in shock.
"Wonder what wrong with her?" the old lady mumbled shuffling down the street.
"Were is that idiot, she has the damn keys!" the red haired girl fumed.
She had been waiting out the front of the garage for 10 minutes and her patiens had expired 10 seconds after she had arrived. She had no idea why she still worked at the garage, bikes weren't her thing. But it was still good to have a source of income she had told herself time after time. Scratching her head she thought about her situation.
'Why haven't I picked the lock yet?'
Grinning she turned to the door of the "Duran's Ducati's".
"Why did she pick such a lame name for the bike shop? I will never understand her!"
Unfortunately the girl had failed to hear the sound of Natsuki's Ducati as she pulled up it the employee parking lot.
"Yet I never said a word when you named your first bike 'Juliet' did I Nao?" Startled by Natsuki's sudden arrival Nao dropped her lock picking set that she had pulled from her pocket.
"Oh mornin' boss, late as usual I see, did Shizuru keep you up late last night?" she said with a wink.
Then she regretted her words, maybe for the first time in her life but she regretted them. Natsuki's hand shot out holding Nao's throat against the store's front door. Nao's eyes bulged, Natsuki may have been gruff to her and threatened her everyday, except occasional weekends, but she knew that Natsuki was to gentle and kind, yes she had used those words to describe Natsuki, to every actually hurt her and mean it.
"I am not in the mood to deal with you today Nao so either shut up or I will make you!" Natsuki said each word very clearly and accurately through gritted teeth. Then releasing Nao, who jumped straight out of the way, she pulled out her keys and unlocked the front door, pausing before entering Natsuki turned to Nao and uttered a quick apology for her actions and bolted into her office.
Nao just stood in shock staring after Natsuki and rubbing her neck.
'What the hell just happened?!' she thought rubbing her chin thoughtfully.
Before she could come up with any non-alien abduction ideas her thoughts were thrown from this text by an earth shattering scream.
Closing her eyes Nao rubbed her temples as an orange and black Ducati screeched to a halt outside the "Hime Cafe".
"Seriously what is with the stupid names!" Nao screamed as she walked over to the Ducati's frustrated riders.
The driver, a tall lean teenager with yellow eyes and long black hair tied in two plaits, was trying to calm and sooth her passenger, the person whom the scream had come from, at the same time.
"Mikoto why did you have to do a wheelie down the street again, you know it scares me?!" The older girl said trying the push her soothing driver off her. This caused the younger girl to simple hold her friend in a tighter hug.
"You know I wouldn't let anything happen to you Mai! But I couldn't help myself it's just so much fun, and it feels so great, didn't you like the feel of it Mai?" Mikoto said looking at her friend caringly.
Mai, looking up at Mikoto, blushed at her friends closeness and pushed her away playfully. Just as she opened her mouth to reply Nao added her opinion.
"You to shouldn't talk about your midnight adventures so openly girls, you never know who might hear!" she said winking at them.
Mikoto crouched in a protective position ready for anything she said "Why? Jealous?"
Mai blushed harder at this and started pulling Mikoto towards their cafe.
"What, did I do something wrong Mai? You always told me to tell the truth, isn't what Nao said about us tr-" with Mai's hand clamped firmly around her mouth Mikoto was dragged into their Hime run cafe.
Putting the last of their cloths away Shizuru took one last look around the house before she left to open her store for the day, pleased to see the house finally clean and in order (Living with Natsuki really took its toll on the 'cleaning factor') Shizuru took her purse and keys as she walked happily from their house with a spring in her step. She was the happiest that she'd been for weeks.
'I've finally got my Natsuki back, I'm so happy!' Clapping her hands like a happy child she skipped over to her car.
"Okay now be serious Shizuru you have a long day of work ahead of you!" she said to herself looking very serious.
"But what am I going to wear to night, no should the question be what not to wear!" smiling wickedly to herself
"No Shizuru, bad girl!...That's Natsuki's decision, no don't think like that you'll be distracted all day!"
Shaking her head from side to side she tried to shake away the images. Her neighbours simply stared at her from across the road unaware of her inertermoil.
Finally pulling herself together she triumphantly got in her car and pulled out her phone and called her assistant Aoi.
"Hello this is Aoi's phone, I have her currently unavailable now so please call back when I have finished with h-"
"Chie Harada drop the phone right now"
"Aoi, whoa Aoi, sweetie be reasonable...please!" Shizuru heard Chie say meekly.
What she would give to find out what Aoi was threatening her with, she smiled thinking of the placid and gentle Aoi doing something so cruel that Chie would be forced to beg. Listening carefully she heard three fast clicking sounds and a loud bang as the phone was dropped.
"Aoi how could you?" Chie wailed "Kitchen now!" Aoi ordered. There was silence for a few seconds then she heard Chie's feet drag off to the kitchen.
"Hello, this is Aoi Senoh how may I help you?" Aoi said quietly praying that it wasn't her mother and if it was, that she'd hung up long ago.
"Ara, sounds like you might be to busy to work today"
"Shizuru! Don't tease. Did you want me to open the shop today? You hardly every call this early, is a particular bike crazed girl holding you hostage again?" Aoi giggled
"That only happened once!" Shizuru said giving a very rare blush.
With the mornings events in mind she was finding it hard to keep her emotions in check, she just wanted to squeal with joy, in a very un-Shizuru way.
"No I was actually calling to say you can have to morning off, I'll take the shop for the morning but I'll need you to close up for me. I…I have something planned for tonight." She said, her blush deepening.
"OOOOHHH! Shizuru you naughty girl, I'll have to warn Natsuk-"
"CHIE!" both girls screamed at the intruder.
"Ow! You don't have to shout!" Chie said rubbing her assaulted ear. She had snuck out of the kitchen and picked up their second house phone, she now remembered why she had suggested they buy a set of two that allowed them both to talk, or listen, at the same time!
Placing the phone back were it belonged she padded into the bedroom. Unfortunately, for Aoi, the other girl was looking out the window, with her back to Chie!
Chie pounced.
Shizuru heard a loud bang and through knowing Chie as well as she did guessed what had happened.
"Well I'll see you at 2 o'clock Aoi, and you can bring Chie to keep you company till close. That is if you don't break her!" flipping her mobile closed she smiled to herself and turned on the engine.
After quickly agreeing to close the store for Shizuru, she flung the phone onto her chair and attempted to pull Chie off her. Aoi had been caught by surprise by Chie's pounce attack, and they had been knocked to the floor in a mass of arms and legs.
"Chie, let go!" Aoi giggled trying to sound as serious as possible, under the circumstances she was doing quite well.
"Why?" Chie said nuzzling into Aoi's neck "She said you have all day?" crawling over Aoi she lay on Aoi propping her chin up on Aoi's stomach and staring her in the eye's waiting for a response.
"What about your photo business?" Aoi said, trying to be the responsible adult and get Chie to work. Winking at her Chie ran her finger down Aoi's jaw, making her catch her breath.
"That's were the term 'Business Partners' comes into play. Yoko said she would cover the photo lab for today, I called her while you were talking to Shizuru." she said propping herself up in preparation to stand up off the floor, but after hearing that they both had the morning off.
Aoi had other ideas.
Pulling Chie down into her arms Aoi whispered into her ear trying to sound seductive, but ruined the effect by bursting into giggles.
"Were do you think your going Chie, I seem to remember hearing you tell Shizuru that I was occupied! I hope you weren't lying to her!"
"Mai! Don't do that you'll hurt yourself!" Mikoto screamed running through the Hime Cafe's kitchen, to were a very angry Mai was picking up a very large pot full of boiling water. In preparation to throw it on a very cocky red haired girl.
"Whoa Mai! Easy does it." Nao said backing away from the counter "Are you still mad about this morning?" Nao only ventured near the counter after Mikoto had remover the pot from Mai warning her about hurting herself and gently squeezing her shoulder before returning to the front of the store to serve customers.
"Look I'm sorry Mai I was just teasing this mornin' I just came over to get some lunch, and Natsuki's been acting weird ever since she attacked me today!" Nao said rubbing the light bruise at her neck. Mai leaned over the counter, all anger gone she instead looked concerned.
"What happened? Natsuki would never lash out for no reason, it's just not like her." Mai said her brow creasing into a frown. Nao then proceeded to take a seat at the counter and tell Mai all about her day.
"Were has she gone? Nao! Where are you!" Natsuki yelled walking through her garage.
Since the incident that morning they had been avoiding each other. Nao had been working out the front of the store dealing with customers and recording any bike repairs that the required. The only time they saw each other was when Nao brought the motorbikes that needed repairing out the back of the store. Even then they didn't talk Nao just set the bike on a stand and stuck a note detailing it repairs on it.
Natsuki had been in the garage part of the store. She had been out the back replacing tyres and motor parts all day, she was covered in grease and oil, but at least the constant work kept her to busy to think about her talk with Aunt Maria.
Walking around to the back of the counter she saw a note stuck to the computer screen. 'Gone for lunch be back in a hour - Nao'
Pulling the note of the screen Natsuki threw it in the bin and wandered in to her office, as usual the mail had been delivered straight to her desk and sat waiting for her to sort it.
Picking it up she sorted through them stoping suddenly when she got to the last one. Written in elegant writing it read 'Miss Natsuki Kuga of Kuga Corp. International', and there was no stamp, it had been delivered by hand.
Dropping the envelope she spun around scanning her office for anything out of the ordinary. Then running from her office she looked around the store. Still unsatisfied Natsuki ran outside and looked up and down the street. She didn't she anything out of the ordinary, no Kugar Corp cars.
She was getting worried, the letter had been delivered to the store.
But by who?
Running towards the Hime cafe thousands of things ran through her head.
'Who delivered it, was it Maria? No, she would have one of her servants do that. Why had they come, she had said she would see her latter in the year and that under no circumstances was she to visit! Had they found out about Shizuru?'
Natsuki hesitated at the door to the cafe, she needed to find out the person who delivered the letter.
But Shizuru? Was she okay?
'No, they wouldn't evolve others. This is family, and the Kuga's were honourable they wouldn't stoop to the level's of hurting other people!' Natsuki thought as she opened the door and entered the cafe.
Sitting behind the counter of her shop Shizuru stared at the clock as she tapped her fingers impatiently. Shizuru owned a lingerie store called 'The Purple Dragon' (Natsuki had said the purple snake sounded a little sleazy)
It had been a busy day like usual, Shizuru's shop was the most popular because all her old fangirls from school only shopped at her store.
So after a hard day of having young girls throw themselves at her she missed her Natsuki.
Typing some keys on her dashboard she brought up 'Duran's Ducati's' security cameras.
When they had opened their stores they had both agreed to link the security cameras so that they could check on each other. It had helped her many times when she was board or missed Natsuki. She had watched many amusing moments that Natsuki had wished she hadn't.
On more than one occasion Natsuki has slipped on motor oil while dancing around out the back of the garage, were she though no one could see her, this had brought Shizuru to tears from laughing so hard. She always found it so cute when Natsuki got shy after slipping over and checked that no one had been looking.
She was just too cute!
"Were are you my Natsuki?" she whispered staring at the little cameras live feed.
Spotting Natsuki in her office Shizuru clicked on the screen zooming in a little she watched in silence as her girlfriend suddenly froze whilst looking through her mail.
Frowning Shizuru leaned inn closer to the screen, and watched as Natsuki dropped the letter and ran from the room. Startled by this Shizuru zoomed out and clicked on another window and watched as the biker ran through her garage and out the door.
Something was wrong!
"What did you see Natsuki, what did you see?" she whispered zooming in on the letter on the ground. The focus on the cameras were the best money could buy, Shizuru had made sure of that for her Natsuki viewing pleasure only, so she could see the tittle quite clearly.
'Kugar Corp? Who could have sent her that?' she thought.
Natsuki had once told her that her father had once run the family corporation but after his death there was no records of who runs it after his death, and they had left it at that. Frowning at the words on her screen it finally clicked. Maria!
Looking over to the door Nao gave a puzzled look.
'What's wrong with Natsuki? She looks SCARED!!' Nao thought her eyes bulging 'I've never seen her scared before, what happened'
Pulling
herself away from the counter Nao half ran half jogged over to her
boss.
"Yo, boss what's wrong you look like you've seen a ghost?" Nao jumped as Natsuki grabbed her by the shoulders. Seeing this and remembering what Nao had told her Mai came running over with Mikoto close behind her.
"Let go of her"
Natsuki ignored her and stared Nao in the eyes.
"The mail that was sent this morning, did you see who put it in my office? This is very important Nao, do you remember?" Mai pulled at Natsuki acting like she was trying to kill Nao. Natsuki just glared at her until she got the message to back off.
"No, they must have done it while I was helping a customer because I put the mail in its tray on the counter and it disappeared soon after. I just guessed that you had collected it. What's going on? Did someone send a threat or something like that?" Nao said more serious than she'd ever been in her life.
"Natsuki what's going on?" Mai said looking at the two cautiously.
"Nao," Natsuki said ignoring Mai "I need to find out who put the mail in my office, there was a letter...I need to find out who put it there"
Thinking quickly Nao answered "Does our security still record during hours, cause you can check the recording?"
Then Natsuki was gone faster than a speeding bullet back to the garage.
"Shizuru I'm here, and I brought Chie Chie!" Aoi said enthusiastically as she dragged a blushing Chie with her.
"I told you not to call me that!" Chie said in a huff, walking past Aoi she peered over Shizuru's shoulder "What are you watching"
Shizuru turned away from the screen, and jumped startled at seeing Chie so close.
"Ara, Chie do you need new glasses your girlfriend is over there!" Shizuru said giggling at Chie's blush.
"Is it 2 o'clock already? Well it looks like time for me to surprise my Natsuki! Bye girls don't do anything Natsuki and I wouldn't do!" She said walking out the door, leaving her blushing workers by themselves.
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