Fallen Flower
By Corporalredhound
Summary: Happy belated New Year everyone. Yet, for me not a good way to kick off the new year as to what happened with my dad as he is in the hospital after a sudden cardiac arrest. This fic takes post-series. After all of the troubles Shizuru and Natsuki faced, there is the sudden danger that the blunette must come to terms with her friend suffering a tragedy in which she won't see coming to Shizuru…So when I heard that my dad has suffered from cardiac arrest on 1/1/10 on New Year's Day, I took some sort of inspiration to write this fic with my favorite couple. So I don't know about anything medical, but I was so scared about what happened to my dad. Sure, he was a no good dad of mine but after feeling a bit sad of what happened to him, I wrote this fic in reminding me of what just happened. I just hope Shizuru will struggle to stay alright in this fic as I don't want another tragedy happen in front of me especially in fiction. Well, I hope you enjoy this fic and be prepared to have some tissues with you because this is going to be a tearjerker.
Disclaimer: I don't own Mai-Hime, Sunrise does but I wish I ever did but only in my dreams.
Chapter 1: The inevitable
In a dreary sunset enveloping the countryside of Kyoto, one of Japan's most prosperous regions where mostly Japan's traditions still echo today lies a beautiful house near the forest near the city of Kyoto lies in. A certain brown-haired girl known as Fujino Shizuru constantly sipped her tea on the outside of the house's patio sitting near a glass table, where her friend Kuga Natsuki was busy reading the latest bike magazine and munching off her mayonnaise sandwich.
Natsuki then looked up to her brown-haired girlfriend with a little smile.
"Thanks for inviting me to your home, Shizuru. It really is beautiful out here in Kyoto." Natsuki exclaimed with delight to her brown-haired friend.
"Ara, its my pleasure to have my Natsuki with me in such an occasion even in my house of all places." Shizuru said with a joyous smile. The brunette then continued sipping her tea giving her blunette girlfriend a lovely smile.
Natsuki then continued to look at Shizuru in awe as she was captivated by her sense of calmness and stern posture of how her friend behaves elegantly like royalty. The picture-perfect essence of what the elite are like
"Oi, Shizuru since you are out of Fuka academy what are your plans for your future?" Natsuki said in a friendly, husky tone.
Shizuru then held her teacup in place on the saucer. "Ara, why isn't it obvious? To spend every moment with my Natsuki of course!" The former kaichou brunette said enthusiastically.
"Sigh, you never cease to amaze me Shizuru-san." Natsuki said with a confident smile.
"Ok, I'm going to go back to the kitchen to get some soda and water. Do you want anything Shizuru-san?" Natsuki said politely to her girlfriend.
"Ara, no I'm fine…its just that now I'm experiencing some aches in my body." Shizuru said calmly in an uneasy tone. Yet, there was something definitely wrong with the former kaichou.
The blunette now had a worried look of concern. "Shizuru, should I drive you to the hospital? We can go there by my bike even if its miles away from the city." Natsuki said worriedly.
"Ara, I'm fine my Natsuki. Don't worry about me, I'm sure it'll be gone later." Shizuru then got up and gave Natsuki a peck on her chin as the blunette then went inside to the mansion's kitchen. Yet, Natsuki still had a worried look on her face concerning her girlfriend.
Shizuru then went back to her seat and began to pick up her teacup and saucer. Then she felt the sudden sting of headaches in her head as well as her heart was beating faster. The brunette struggled to keep a firm stance of her position, yet she couldn't hold up her will to maintain her form. The pain all over her body was beginning to shut off all of the blood running in her body and now she is on the verge of collapsing, blackening her vision and movements beyond her control.
She then slipped down on the floor having her head and front body colliding with the patio floor, along with her teacup and saucer that fell to the floor at the same time, being smashed to pieces. Shizuru was now broken like a lifeless doll, could not move at all, even her eyes were still with wideness yet she was struggling to breathe in which her lungs were only active.
"Oi, Shizuru I'm back with drinks I hope you could drink some wa-". Natsuki face was in a total shock and gasp when she dropped the tray holding a can of soda and a glass of water, which then slammed on the wooden patio floor.
Natsuki went to rush to her girlfriend's side who was lying on the ground motionless as she was still gasping for air as her lungs moved constantly in a fast motion. The blunette grabbed Shizuru's shoulders and began trying to wake her up waiting for a response of life. "Shizuru, wake up! What's wrong?! Shizuru!! Please Shizuru…what's wrong…" Natsuki said slowly as the words were broken with tears streaming out of her eyes. She then picked her brunette girlfriend up by the neck and tries to shake her body up to try to get a response
Natsuki continued her efforts to wake Shizuru from her coma, but there was still no response from her as the only thing that she was still trying to struggle was for some air tha was inhaling in and out of her lungs, but her body was still motionless yet her eyes were still wide in a sudden shock from the closed blood flow that was within her body. "We have to get to a hospital quick, please just wake up for me Shizuru…everything's going to be alright." Natsuki said as she went over to grasp Shizuru's almost life-less hand.
Natsuki then kneeled near Shizuru and she was crying in a sudden anguish that Shizuru is not conscious at all.
"SHIZURU!!!" Natsuki cried out in sadness that this can't be happening to her friend after all the trouble they had been through since the dreaded Festival.
"Please, Shizuru wake up…please…wake up…" Natsuki said constantly as she continued crying over her lifeless friend.
A/N: I hope you were all touched by this fic as of what happened to my dad recently. He's in the hospital now undergoing diagnosis of what happened with the cardiac arrest that has been going on in him. I hope that I can have Shizuru fight the ongoing agony of what's happened to her on my next chapter. Anyway, thanks for reading and please R&R.