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Summary: A plague is unleashed on earth that reanimates the dead and infects all living things. In her attempts to rebuild what was lost will Natsuki find what she wants most? ShizNat and various other couples.
Organized Chaos
Chapter 1
Ruby and emerald stared at each other from across the park. The first girls' face donned a mischievous smile and the latter girls' face was contorted in anger giving the approaching red eyed girl a cold glare. The glare did little to stop the red-eyed girls advance; instead it intrigued her and further spurred her actions.
"Ara ara. You're cute. Let's get married!" the lovely Kyoto voice of the red-eyed girl exclaimed.
"Don't call me cute! What the hell's 'ara' mean and why would I want to marry you anyway?'" retorted the green eyed girl.
The red-eyed girls eyes dulled and her smile fell upon being rejected by the other. Her shoulders hunched forward causing her chestnut hair to shield her face from the green eyed view as sobs racked her body. The green eyed girl in frustration ran her hand through her dark blue-black locks. She had no idea what to do to stop the other girl from crying.
"O..oi. St..stop crying. Okay, Okay. We we can get married if you want. Just not now I'm only ten." She stuttered out to appease the red eyed girl. Though she had no idea why she cared enough to stop the other girls tears when she ignored everyone else's tears.
"Great! I'm eleven, but I don't mind my husband being younger" the red-eyed said happily, all traces of sadness gone as though it had never been.
"WTF! You tricked me!" The green eyed girl shouted angrily, her face red with rage.
The red eyed girl ignored the others anger and continued with a pout. "You're yelling at me when we've only been engaged for a couple seconds" with her eyes tearing up.
"I'm sorry, just don't cry" the green eyed girl said as she grabbed the other girls' hands, thereby preventing her from going into her sobbing act.
The red-eyed girl once again smiled happily at the green eyed girl. Her smile was infectious and the green eyed girls' lips unintentionally lifted into a small smile. 'I like it better when she smiles instead of cries' the green eyed girl thought. Her thoughts were interrupted when the red eyed girl spoke again.
"Ara, thinking of our honeymoon already?" she said causing the other girl to turn red, pout, and look away. After watching the girls' reaction to her tease she squealed "Kawii!" Not giving the other girl a chance to protest she continued "My name is Shizuru Fujino. Should I not know the name of my fiancé?"
"I'm not cute and I wasn't thinking anything bad!" she yelled, her breathing a little rapid from exerting herself. Shizuru's smile widened at the statement, but she ignored it. She calmed down and continued "I'm Natsuki Kuga" she said curtly. Her brows then furrowed in confusion as she asked "What's a fiancé?"
Shizuru giggled cutely, her hand raised to cover her mouth. Seeing Natsuki's face distort in anger she quickly placated her by answering "It means we will one day marry each other. Na-tsu-ki"
To this statement Natsuki's eyebrows rose and her mouth formed an 'oh' in understanding. Shizuru giggled again and she internally squealed in delight upon seeing Natsuki's adorable expression.
"Since Natsuki is my fiancé she must take me on a date" Shizuru said with a smirk, waiting for her prize- the other girls reddening cheeks. Watching Natsuki change color was addicting and as if on cue, hearing Shizuru's words made the green-eyed girl blush a astonishing shade of red.
"Da..da..date?!" Natsuki stuttered in surprise. She didn't know much about relationships but she knew that only couples dated. She also knew that on dates couples held hands and kissed. That thought caused her to turn redder. She didn't know what to say so she stood frozen in place. Seeing this Shizuru decided to prod her into action.
"You could push me on the swings" Shizuru said as she took Natsuki's hand and led her toward the swings. Natsuki, still stunned by the idea of a date, nodded dumbly and allowed herself to be dragged to the swings without resistance.
The two played calmly for a few hours. They were content with each other and Natsuki realized she enjoyed Shizuru's presence. Their little world was eventually intruded on by Natsuki's dark haired older sister Chie and her red headed best friend Mai Tokiha. Both were surprised to see Natsuki hanging out with someone other than them since Natsuki had always been a very closed off individual. Mai being Mai cheerfully introduced herself to Shizuru while Chie, being the devilish flirt she was, decided to hit on Shizuru. Natsuki was internally seething while watching Chie flirt with Shizuru. However, she did not act on it until Chie wrapped her arm around Shizuru's shoulder in an attempt to lead her somewhere else. Enraged Natsuki's emerald eyes appeared to take on an eerie glow as she dashed at Chie. Despite Chie's being taller and two years older, Natsuki tackled Chie. The force of Natsuki's hit forced Chie to the ground. Chie, not understanding why Natsuki attacked her, was about to yell at her sister, but upon seeing the murderous look in her eyes gulped nervously instead.
"Never. Touch. Her. Again." Natsuki angrily growled out through clenched teeth. Like a wolf she stared at Chie, daring her to challenge her. Chie did not take the silent challenge. She was rescued by Shizuru who wrapped her arms around Natsuki from behind and kissed her on the cheek to calm her. Shizuru's actions worked, but being one who never missed a teasing opportunity she did not stop there.
"Ara. My sweet puppy Natsuki is becoming quite possessive." She cooed soothingly only to be abruptly yanked away from Natsuki. Feeling Shizuru ripped away from her and hearing her surprised gasp, Natsuki immediately turned around to find the source of Shizuru's distress.
Startled awake from her dream Natsuki found herself in bed drenched in sweat. Once her erratic breathing calmed she went to take a shower. She then walked to the roof of the building to get some fresh air. No matter how much she tried she could not get the image of that startled beautiful chestnut haired girl with stunning ruby eyes out of her mind. She tried to forget it and glanced longingly ahead of her at nothing. She stared blankly at the large man-made brick wall that separated her small territory from the rest of the barren infected land and the black metal mesh that protected her people from diseased predators in the sky. If only things could go back to the way they were eleven years ago when she encountered that beautiful ruby eyed angel. Her life was significantly different from then because, like most people, she'd lost most of her loved ones when the outbreak first occurred. Little did she know everything was about to change again. Her thoughts were interrupted by the loud intrusion of another.
"Natsuki we've found others!" Chie her sister and best information gathering spy informed her.