Taking the Plunge

A/N: This is a shiznat that I thought of after a dream that I had one night. It took a while for me to think of a way to write it, but here's the first chapter. Enjoy! =]

Shizuru Fujino has always been afraid of the water, mainly due to the fact that she never learned how to swim. As a child she would see all of the other kids laughing and having a good time at the pools, while she sat on the deck and read a book. Sure she wanted to join them, but the constant fear of drowning always stopped her.

Occasionally she would sit on the edge and put her feet in, and at times she would go to the shallow end of the pool, there her feet could touch the bottom, and she could enjoy some of the games her friends would enjoy.

Now the brunette was sitting at a small lake she found that day while walking around in the woods, as she sat there looking at the peaceful water in front of her, she decided that if she was ever going to get over her fear of swimming, she would have to take matters into her own hands. Taking off her shirt and shorts, Shizuru walked into the lake in her lavender underwear. She gradually made her way into the lake, the water covering her ankles, then her legs, and up her knees. The brunette was now standing knee deep in the lake.

"Ara, this isn't so bad." She thought.

Shizuru kept her cool while she was standing in the cool lake. When she moved deeper into the water, she started to become more nervous. 'Maybe I should forget about this and go back.' She thought to herself.

''No, I have to do this." She said shaking off the thought, and walked deeper into the lake, until she was close to the center. She couldn't feel the mushy sand of the lake between her toes, and her body tensed up slightly.

"Don't freak out, you can do this." She said to herself, trying not to panic. Taking a deep breath Shizuru pushed herself a little more than she intended. Instead of feeling the sandy bottom of the lake beneath her feet, the brunette felt nothing at all. Shizuru started panicking trying to find her footing in the lake.

"Ah!" The brunette screamed, her arms thrashing about in the water.

Shizuru could feel herself going under, but tried to avoid it by kicking with her already tired legs. "Someone help me!" Shizuru cried out hoping there was someone out there.

The brunette head bobbed in and out of the water, gasping for breath, at the same time swallowing large amounts of lake water. She opened her eyes for a brief second and swore she someone running into the lake towards her.

"Help…" Shizuru tried to call out before she blacked out into the water.

Natsuki was taking a joy ride through her favorite woods. When she arrived at her favorite spot she parked her Ducati alongside a tree hidden in a bush so it wouldn't be seen. The blunette continued walking through the woods, taking in all its peaceful sounds.

Natsuki enjoyed coming here; it was so much different than the city's loud noises and busy streets. The woods just always seem peaceful and serene to the blunette. She tried to make it out here at least once a week maybe two if she really needed it.

There was this little lake area that especially held the bikers interest, she had always walked by it, but never found the time to just sit and relax with her feet in the water. Today, Natsuki planned to enjoy that a little bit. She could see the lake from her spot in the woods, and it looked amazing to her. Picking up her pace she walked down the hill to the lake. Natsuki was expecting to be the only one at the lake, since she'd never seen anyone else there before. But what the biker did see was not what she had anticipated.

When the brunette was closer to the lake, she saw a woman thrashing about in the middle of the lake, Natsuki quickly ran down the bottom, pulling off her backpack.

"Help!" Natsuki heard the woman scream right before her head was no longer visible. Natsuki immediately jumped into the water to save the woman, when she was close to the middle she took a deep breath and dove under.

The lake water wasn't very invisible underwater, but Natsuki tried to make out what she could. Looking around she tried to spot the woman, but she was nowhere to be found. Needing air, Natsuki swam to the top just long enough to take another deep breath and dove right back into the lake. She swam a little deeper and looked around. To her right, she saw the woman, her eyes were closed, and she wasn't moving anymore. Natsuki swam to her, and wrap one of her arms around the woman's waist to pull her up.

Natsuki swam back to shore as fast as she could, but it was hard because of the extra weight. When she made to the shore line, she laid the brunette down.

"Hey, can you hear me?" Natsuki asked panicky. She moved her head down to listen for the brunettes breathing. She didn't hear anything, so Natsuki did the only thing she could think of.

The blunette remembered CPR from her health class. She tilted the woman's head and opened her mouth slightly. 'She's really pretty…" Natsuki thought with a blush on her cheeks. 'No, I can't think about that now!' The blunette shook away those thoughts and connected her lips to the woman beneath her. Natsuki breathed into the woman twice, then placed her hands on her chest and pushed firmly.

*cough cough* the brunette below her coughed up water and moved her head to the side.

"Hey, are you okay?" Natsuki asked lifting the woman's head a little bit. Before the brunette could answer, she fainted. 'Damn it.' Natsuki thought picking up the woman bridal style and running back to her bike.