Author's Notes: Don't mind me. Just one of those stories where it pops out and bites you in the behind in the middle of the night while you're trying to sleep.

Randomly just thought to myself... "Hey! Let's make a Snow White, Mai-Hime rendition!."

Yeah...so original...ahem...

First Mai-Hime/Otome fic. And of course it's gonna be an AU parody. So you know what that means?

No? Seriously? Really?

It means...

Some characters may be OOC.

Disclaimers: Eh...really? Do I HAVE to mention it?

Crimson Red and The Ten HiMEs

Chapter 1

Hello! Welcome! Welcome!

Welcome to the land of Fuuka. A land of peace and prosperity. A land, even though govern by a sort of monarchy, is filled with happiness. A feat that been going on for many years thanks to the Kuga royal family. Who would have thought that the land of Fuuka would be graced with such fairness and kindness for such a lo-

"Dammit, Chie! Knock it off! This documentary thing or whatever you call it is creepy!" The gruff and annoyed voice of the next in line of royalty, Kuga Natsuki, growled at her adviser, Harada Chie.

The young advisor only laughed as she adjusted her glasses. She pressed a button on the strange device she was holding, causing the wheels that were seen inside of it to slowly halt. "Oh c'mon, princess. We gotta at least record these events for future generations, don't you think?"

"How will this...device do such a thing?" The long blue-haired girl asked a tad skeptically as she ignored the princess comment.

"Dammit, Chie! Knock it off! This documentary thing or whatever you call it is creepy!" came the voice of the royal princess from the small device. This caused Natsuki to jerk back in shock as she raised herself into a defensive posture. "W-what is this witchery?!" She questioned only to be answered with laughter.

Chie's laughter slowly died down, still grinning from ear to ear as she met her gaze with Natsuki's glare. "You really need to get out more, Kuga. It's one of the newest revolutionary devices those HiMEs made up. Called a voice recorder." She waved the strange object, snickering as Natsuki glared cautiously and backing up away from her.

"No better then those black magic things, I assume!" A bellowing voice echoed out, causing both Chie and Natsuki to wince at the intensity of the sound. "Crap...your baby-sitter's here...which is my cue to scram!" Chie scrambled away leaving Natsuki in the hallway with a blonde haired, big breasted woman, equipped with a sort of armor that defined her place, Suzushiro Haruka, head guard of the royal palace.

"You coward!" Natsuki yelled at her adviser as she disappeared from view. "Tch...Princess Na-" "Don't call me that!" "Kuga-sama..." Haruka rolled her eyes at Natsuki's outburst. For some odd reason, the princess detested being called a princess. Natsuki grunted at Haruka, urging her to continue with whatever she have came here to report.

"It's time for your damn swords lessons! You been bagging me to teach you and then when it's time, you're just off and running around!"

Bagging? Natsuki raised an eyebrow. "Oh! Begging!"

"That's what I said! Now let's go!" Haruka yelled dragging the princess off to the courtyard.

The scene showing the head guard dragging off the princess through the hall continued before it began to ripple, as though a disturbance in a pond of water. Soon it turned a blood red colored as a chalice was dipped into it. A low chuckled echoed throughout the slighty dimmed room as a handsome man with black smooth hair and brown piercing eyes seated on a red velvet couch smiled at the cauldron that was playing the scene, but was now filled with a red colored liquid. He lifted the chalice to his lips, sipping the contents.

The man was known as Kanzaki Reito, an ambitious young scholar who was in charge of the princess's teachings. A sort of man who thought he was probably the most charming person throughout the land of Fuuka.

"As always, the princess is just so feisty." He mused silently to himself before glancing at a stoic emotionless woman on a stand who only looked back at him without a word. He placed the chalice down on the table before him, resting his elbows upon it. His hands supporting his handsome features as he gave a charming smile towards the woman. The woman with cyan-colored hair and emotionless eyes only looked back at him.

"My dear, Miyu. You know why I have brought you here, of course?"

"I am quite certain that it is because of my ability and knowledge. You seek an answer to a question." She spoke with a voice that matched her eyes.

"Ah yes, that makes things simple." Reito chuckled. "Miyu Miyu, on the stand. Who's the most charming in the land?" He asked in a sort of sing-song voice.

Without missing a beat and seemingly ignoring the teasing tone from the man, she answered bluntly. "I regret to inform you that it is one hundred percent...definitely not you."

"...What?"

Reito paused for a moment. His eyebrows rising slightly in confusion. "Surely you jest. How can anyone be more charming than I?"

"I am here because you are sure of my accuracy of my knowledge."

He took a deep breath, calming his slowly boiling anger. "Who can be even more charming than I, Kanzaki Reito?"

"Someone who isn't so conceited." Miyu said in a low voice.

"Excuse me?"

"Fujino Shizuru. Also known as Crimson Red." The robotic girl answered much more loudly.

"Crimson...Red?" Reito tapped his fingers on the table before turning slightly to the side before his cauldron. He mumbled several spells and waved his hand over the cauldron, a sudden smoke bursting out from it before showing him a vision of a beautiful woman with golden chestnut hair, full pink lips, and hypnotizing red colored eyes. Even he, himself, could not help but gaze at the vision of loveliness.

"Crimson Red is the daughter of a noble from another land. Although she is of noble blood, she does mingles about with lower classes, treating everyone just the same. She is known for her strikingly beautiful and hypnotizing eyes and accent."

"Noble..." Reito lips twitched into a slight frown. The spell the vision of the woman that was inflicted upon him broken. "So this woman is more charming than me?" He asked, a slight irritation in his tone.

"That she is." The cyan-haired girl answered calmly.

"From another land also..." Reito eyebrows furrowed. He dipped the chalice into the cauldron, breaking the vision for a moment.

"Takeda!" He called out in a commanding voice. Silently from the shadow a figure emerged. A dark brown spiky haired man with a small scar on his cheek walked forward, giving a respectful nod. The man known as Takeda Masashi, a well known hunter throughout Fuuka.

"Yes, Kanzaki-san?" The man before him stood alert, ready to take on any request given to him.

"Takeda...I want you to take Crimson Red's heart for me." Reito said coldly, gesturing to the vision.

Takeda's eyes widened as a slight blush adorn his cheeks as his eyes landed upon those hauntingly beautiful red eyes.

"Y-You want me to court her?!" He squeaked out in surprise. His eyes still wide and his face turning redder at the moment.

"W-what?! No no!" Reito shook his head, waving his hand in front of his face. "I mean literally TAKE her heart for me! My goodness, Takeda!"

"O-oh...I see..." The hunter's eyes rested upon those red eyes once more. "Wait! You are asking me to MURDER this woman?"

"I am not asking you to take her out on a date..." Reito rolled his eyes. His frustration slowly growing. "I command you to go hunt this woman down and bring her heart to me!" Takeda sensing the irritation from the man quickly nodded his head, a slight uncertainty in his eyes as he exited out of the room. "U-Understood."

As soon as the hunter left, the young scholar glanced at the cauldron. The vision of those mockingly beautiful red eyes...that charming smile...it irked him for some odd reason.

He shook his head before smiling sweetly once more, turning back towards the robotic girl. "Now then...Miyu Miyu on the stand...after Crimson Red is no more. Who will be the most charming in the land?"

Miyu looked at him blankly. Mentally rolling her eyes. "You, of course."

'It is a shame that it will never happen...'

Random Blabbering: I know I know! I know exactly what you're probably thinking. "This ain't that funny...where's all the stupid jokes? And where's my Shizuru?!" Yeah yeah, I know this probably could have been oozing with humor. But plot decided to rear it's head and tackle me across the yard. So decided to get out some of the serious business first. Ooooooh...foreshadowing...

Eh...I'm such a slow writer also...hopefully I can push out the next chapter as soon as possible...

Hope you all enjoyed it.

Since I wrote this in the late night/early morning, there may be some errors I did not take notice. So feel free to drop a review correcting my mistakes. Or just stroke my ego and tell me how much you like this story. Either one.

RRWhitey signing out!