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"Amazing!" Nagisa said in excitement. She pressed her hands against the plastic-like windows and stared out.
Tamao looked over the red head's shoulder. "Ah, you're right Nagisa-chan."
"There're so many tall buildings. They're everywhere!" One of her friends said.
The bus fully exited the tunnel and everyone shifted to the sides of the bus looking out of their own seat windows. Skyscrapers standing on every street, with giant billboards that covered each wall towering over the city. The sidewalks were covered with thousands of people, all bunched together, while the streets were packed with cars and buses. "And I thought only Shinjuku was this busy."
"That one must be the "Emperor State Building"." The former Spica student pointed out.
A few mimicked the girl in a questioning tone. "Emperor State Building?..."
"Wait..." Nagisa said in confusion, scratching her head. "I thought America didn't have a king." She looked at her blue headed friend.
Tamao giggled at the girl's confusion. "There isn't, Nagisa-chan."
"You really are clueless, huh, Nagisa?" Chihaya immediately slapped Noriko's arm for her rude comment.
"It's pronounced "Empire State Building"." Yaya corrected the pink haired girl.
Tsubomi gave a confused look before realizing her mistake. "I-I knew that!" She said as she slumped into her seat.
A wide smirk appeared on the older girl's face. "Is that so?" She teased.
"Shut up!" Tsubomi shouted back in embarrassment.
"Heh." Yaya decided to leave the poor girl alone. Instead she decided poke her head over the bus seat to see what her blonde friend was up to. "Hey, are you two gonna make kissy faces at each other all day?" She teased.
The blonde face began to blush. "Yaya-chan!" Hikari pouted.
"It's okay Hikari." Amane said as she kissed the younger girl's forehead. "We can continue this later." She whispered into the girl's ear.
Hikari happily nodded in response.
"There's no use Yaya. Those are practically joined at the hip." Even Tamao was teasing the two love birds.
The blonde, whose face has turned an even darker shade of red, shot a look at Yaya. The dark haired girl only raised her hands as if surrendering. "Hey, wasn't me this time."
"You guys seem to be having fun over there." Chikaru said from the back of the bus.
"Fun? Hey don't leave us out! "Kizuna and Remon stuck their heads out from where they were seated.
The girls who were left out of the conversation began bunching up towards the front of the bus.
The blue haired girl turned her attention back to her red head friend. "Ne, Nagisa. Which hotel are we heading to anyways?"
"Hotel, um...I don't really know?"
"Ehhhhhh!" Everyone said in an union.
"How could you not know Nagisa?" "Didn't Hanazono-san tell you?"
Her friends began bombing the poor girl with questions.
"Well, Shizuma only told me that we were going to this New York for this "BIG PARTY"." The red head said as she moved her arms in a circular motion. "Then she told me to bring my closest friends."
"That's it?" Yaya questioned. "Geez, I don't wanna end up lost in New York because of you, Nagisa." The black haired girl said bluntly.
"Yaya!" Tsubomi scolded the girl.
"Ah, wait!" The red head remembered. "Shizuma did say that someone will be waiting for us at the hotel, so it should be okay."
"Anyone you know Nagisa-onee-sama?" Chiyo asked.
"I don't know who the person is, but Shizuma said that she was the daughter of the owner of the hotel. And that she also went to school at Astrae Hill."
"Hey hey! Maybe it's Tomori-senpai!" Kizuna said. "I heard she came from a very wealthy family so maybe her dad's the owner of this place."
"Kizuna." Remon shook her head. "Half of the girls at Astrae Hill pretty much come from wealthy family." She pointed out. "There's no way we can tell if it's Tomori-senpai or not."
"That's why I said "maybe"!" Kizuna playfully stuck out her tongue at her four-eyed friend.
"Now, now you too." Chikaru placed her hand over Kizuna's head. "We should all be happy Nagisa even invited us to come to New York with her in the first place."
Nagisa waved off Chikaru's 'thanks'. "Don't thank me. Shizuma's the one that's paying for all of this." I wonder what's the occasion though. Shizuma still hasn't told me what this is all about.
"Ne, Chikaru onee-sama, but do you know if it's her or not?" Kizuna questioned the older girl.
"Who, Shion? Hmm... I don't think she ever mentioned it to me."
"Well we'll find out when we get there. And like Nagisa-kun said, there's someone waiting for us so everything should be fine." Amane reassured.
The driver briefly turned around to face the bunch. "Don't worry girls. We'll be arriving at the hotel shortly."
Everyone gave a big sigh relief. "See."
"Shizuma."
The silver haired woman remained still, unaware that her friend was in the room. She was sitting on her couch with her head rested on one of its arms, staring blankly out the window.
"Shizuma!" The woman's friend called again.
"Oh, Miyuki. I'm glad you're here. It's been a while." Shizuma got up to greet her friend. "Sorry to have called you here all of the sudden. I would've lost my nerves if I just did this alone"
"So what you told me over the phone, are you really serious about this?" Miyuki asked with stern eyes, receiving a slight nod from her friend.
"Yes. And Nagisa has such a delicate heart. The last thing I wanna do is hurt her." The silver haired woman said looking at her friend with saddened eyes.
Miyuki gave her friend a reassuring smile. "You better prepare yourself then. They should be arriving shortly."
The girls began oozing out of the bus, wobbling as they walked away from the metal vehicle. "Gah! I can't feel my legs!" Everyone was stretching their arms and legs. Even Kagome was slightly yanking on Percival's stuffed limbs.
Nagisa exited the bus with her arm over her blue haired friend. "Neither can we." She said sheepishly. "I didn't think traffic would be that bad here."
"Haven't seen you guys in a while." A somewhat familiar voice said. The group spun around to see who it was.
"Kenjou-san?" Hikari said in surprise. She motioned behind her blue haired prince.
The girl gave one of her famous smirks to the blonde. "Why, I'm flattered, you still remember me."
"Why are you here?" Amane spoke out.
Yaya eyes widened. "Wait, are you the one Hanazono-san sent to get us?"
Kaname opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted by a second girl who followed closely behind her. "No, that would be me." She walked towards the group, her hair swaying back and forth.
"I'm just here to keep her company." The taller girl said as she wrapped her arms around her girlfriend's slender waist.
"More like bother." Momomi mumbled teasingly.
Kizuna puffed up her face in annoyance, mumbling something to herself. "Don't worry Kizuna-chan. I'm sure we'll find someone for us one day." Her green haired friend said. "Kizuna's still jealous." She said in third person, still pouting.
Nagisa regained control over her own legs. "Um, is Shizuma here as well?" The girl questioned.
"She'll be joining everyone in a while." The brunette waved off the question. "For now, let's head on inside. I'll show you to your rooms."
Nagisa only nodded in response as the two girl girls began walking back into the hotel. "Wait, what about our bags." The red head said looking back at their belongings.
Momomi gave a big sigh. "Don't worry about those. Father's employees with bring them up to your rooms."
"Shizuma, I just got a call from the front desk. Nagisa and the others are here."
"Kay." The silver haired beauty took a deep breath before getting up.
"Don't worry Shizuma. Everyhting will be fine." Miyuki said, placing her hand on the woman's shoulder.
"Woah! There's even an indoor swimming pool here!" Kizuna shouted in excitement. She immediately grabbed Remon and Kagome and ran in without further notice.
"Wait, you guys!" Amane said reaching out, but they were already gone.
"Don't worry about them. I'm sure we'll meet up with those three later." Tamao assured.
"This room over here leads to the dinner room." Momomi said right before the elevator doors closed. "Your rooms well be on the 30th floor. Hanazono-san booked the whole floor just for you guys.
"WHAT?" Everyone gasped. And right on cue, the elevator doors slowly begin to open.
"Hanazono-san sure has outdone herself, huh?" Kaname spoke as she brushed a lock of hair away from her face.
The elevator doors close and then begins to vibrate as it slowly ascends.
"Nagisa-chan, you okay?" Tamao leaned over towards her friend who was making a weird expression.
"Mm, my tummy just feels a bit weird is all." She patted her stomach before giving her friend a smile.
"I know how you feel Nagisa-onee-sama. Elevators do that to me too." Chiyo said from behind.
The elevator doors opened.
The girls ran out of the elevators, exploring each room ecstatically. As Nagisa began to exit, she was pulled back by an unfamiliar hand. "Not you." Kaname said releasing her grip.
Nagisa looked back but only be to be staring into a pair of crimson eyes. The girl opened her mouth to say something but froze when she heard the closing of the metal doors.
"No need to be frighten. I was asked to bring you to the penthouse suite." Kaname quickly explained hoping she'll be able to prevent the stream of questions that would come out of the girl's mouth.
"So did Shizuma-"
"Dunno. I'm merely a pawn this time." The dark haired girl raised her hands in a questioning way.
A ding came from the metal machine as it reached the top floor. Nagisa was stunned by the amazing room. She slowly walked into the room as the metal doors closed behind her.
"I call this room! It has a great view!" Yaya announced as she stood by the doorway.
Tsubomi pouted. "No fair!" She ran up the taller girl.
"First come, first serve, Tsubomi. But of course, you can always be my body pillow." She teased which of course earned a playful slap across her arm by the younger girl.
"Na, Hikari, how about this one?" Amane asked as she led her angel towards the room.
Hikari poked her head into the room and as gorgeous as the room was, there wasn't anything really special about the room. But then she noticed a circular looking bed towards the corner of the room. The bed was no bigger than a twin sized bed but it was then that she finally understood what her charming prince was thinking.
"Shizuma?" Nagisa called out to her silver haired lover. The place was massive and the girl worried that if she were to wander around she would get lost. She called out once again but it didn't seem like anyone was there. There girl began slowly moving away from the elevator, entering the open room in front of her. It was a living room, about four times the size of hers. The room had a window that covered an entire wall which overlooked the city.
Nagisa took a step back and sat down on the sheep skin covered couch. The red head fell over to side, wondering where Shizuma. Her worries soon eased as she fell asleep.
"Come on Kagome! The water feels great!" The energetic girl said as she paddled her way through the pool.
"Percival is too scared to go in." Kagome said softly, holding onto her stuffed friend.
"Come on Percival! You gotta man up!" Kizuna cheered.
Remon cocked her head to the side. Percival's a male?
"What's with that sexy outfit, Chikaru?" Tamao chuckled. "A bit too early to be seducing the people, don'tcha think?" She continued teasing the black haired girl.
Chikaru gestured her hand from side to side. "No, no. It's nothing like that. I'm just gonna join the others at the pool... Besides it's too early for "that"." The girl joked.
"Nagisa?" Shizuma bent over the sleeping girl and brushed a lock of hair away from the girl's face before planting a kiss on her cheek. Poor thing. You must've been exhausted from the trip. Sorry, I didn't think you'd arrive earlier then I had planned. Shizuma quickly wrote a note and wedged it under the girl. I wish we can spend some time together right now, but I have something I must finish first. She gave the girl a peck on the cheek before leaving.
A giggle arose from the bed sheets. "Amane-senpai. That tickles." The blonde giggled. "But does it feel good?" The blue haired girl asked as she nudged her lover. The blonde simply nodded, hiding her facial expression from Amane. "Hikari." Amane said in-between kisses as she began moving further south.
"Amane." Hikari gasped. "Wait, can we close the shades please."
"Why would you wanna do that?" The prince said as she looked up at her lover. "Your body's beautiful." She brushed her fingers across the younger girl's body. "And it's not like it's the first time we've-" The older girl stopped once she noticed Hikari's face turning redder and redder. "Okay, Hikari." Amane said in a soft voice. She quickly got up to close the curtains before jumping back into the bed again. "So where were we?" She said as she closed the gap between them.
"Wait, where's Nagisa?" Tamao looked around the floor but it's seems like everyone's either in their rooms or in some other part of the hotel. Did she go to the pool as well? The girl decided to go back to the first floor to look for the red head. As she reached the lobby floor, she saw a glimpse of silver hair. Hanazono-san!
She quickly followed the other girl, pushing through the crowds of people and into the narrow hallways that the silver haired beauty had disappeared into. The blue haired girl hid behind the corner as she watched the woman approach her destination. Shizuma knocked on the door a few times before entering. Tamao creeped closer to see where the door led to. "Office - Staff Only" It read.
Is Nagisa in there? She pressed her ear up against the door and soon heard voices.
"Are you almost done yet? I hate having to keep this a secret from Nagisa. If this keeps up, I'm going to lose my nerves completely.
Secret? Tamao continued to listen.
"Don't worry. If needed be, I'll accomany you when you tell her." A somewhat familiar voice said.
"I don't know. Do you think it's too early for this? I don't want to hurt her." Shizuma questioned the other girl.
"I'm sorry, but this isn't something I should answer." The mystery girl dodged the question. "Oh that reminds me, you should go and greet your guests. It seems like she's gathered quite a group."
"Yea I should...They can't know about this either. I don't want anyone telling Nagisa."
"My lips are sealed."
Tamao quickly backed away from the door as soon she heard footsteps nearing the door. Oh no! She quickly ran back to the corner, slightly peering over it, waiting for the two to come out.
The former etoile was the first to come out, followed by a shorter brown haired girl. Kiyashiki-san? The blue haired girl's heart nearly skipped a beat. Wait! Is Hanazono cheating on my Nagisa with her? No, it can't be...can it?
A/N: Beware! AkaOkami is back!
So yea, this is my second fanfic. And thankfully there will not be any waiting this time. ^^; I've decided on finishing fanfics ahead of time before uploading them. It's better than waiting 5 months for one chapter and totally forgetting what happened before.
As for my first fanfic "Valentine Sweets", I'm still deciding whether I should finish it or not. And again I apologize for that ^^;
I hope you guys liked this one and I shall await your reviews. Thank you and please review!
Chapter 2 is coming out 5 minutes after this one. Aha! I lied! You still needa wait 5 minutes! XD