Yes...I know...another KonoSetsu story. BAH! OK...for those who are reading "Bottled Up" and are currently reading this now...I HAVE NOT put it on haitus...I'll still update it, I just wanted to put up this story ASAP. Dunno why but I just wanted to so don't kill meh yoh!

My Negima crazyness is starting to falter! Youtube is screwing with me and I have not watched the latest episodes and my internet is killing me...I can't download the manga! GAHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRR...

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Negima...how sad non? (yuh, I've gotten obsessed over the french language...)

Chapter 1- How unexpected...
The black haired girl laid herself on the floor and looked up at the ceiling. Wasn't there anything better to do at this time? All she did was stare, stare and stare and yes, she was indeed getting bored. The young girl's chores for the day were done and she was too lazy to actually go out, nothing to see but trees and plants anyway, she DID live in a forest after all.

Maybe a visit to Motoko-sensei would be fun? Nah, not today, her sensei said today was a rest day. She wouldn't want to come unannounced and then receive a very VERY long sermon on how she should obey her Shinmeiyruu master's orders.

'How about flying?' She thought to herself, but then rejected the idea. 'No, can't do that, the sun's still out, Father would definitely scold me if I were to be seen. The whole tribe might end up complaining as well.'

Well, she is next in line after her father as the head of the Uzoku tribe… but then, she had to be brought out of the village to live because of her being half human and mainly because of the color of her wings.

"A disgrace…" She whispered to herself. That's what she was in almost everyone's eyes, a disgrace to their clan. The teenager started to pinch her cheek. "Snap out of it, no use thinking about it now Setsuna!" She told herself and sat up. Her attention turned towards the door where someone had knocked, a loud knock, which seemed to repeat itself over and over again.

"Alright, alright! I'm coming!" She shouted and made her way to the door, which she pulled open. There stood Odubo, the captain of their tribes defense group standing tall with two other Uzoku demons behind him. They held a human girl with long brown hair between them. The girl was pretty, Setsuna took note when she saw her. "No, I think that was an understatement…" She thought to herself.

She seemed to be dressed in a kimono, which looked a bit extravagant. This girl must have been of high status if she could wear clothing that wonderful. She had a blank face on and she tried to only stare at the floor.

They had made eye contact and Setsuna suddenly noticed a glint of happiness in the stranger's eyes.

The other girl being held captive inspected the young teenager who answered the door. She looked rather ragged, she wore a shirt which exposed her flat stomach. She wore pants, which reached until her shins. Everything below her pants were covered by cloth wrappings and she wore plain black leather shoes. All her clothes were rather plain and a simple color combination of different shades of gray. If she hadn't known better she would have sworn that this girl was a ninja or something of the sort.

Odubo coughed when he noticed that the daughter of their tribe leader was already inspecting the girl who they had held captive and vice versa.

"Setsuna…" He addressed her. No Master Setsuna or anything of the sort, she wasn't respected enough to receive that sort of title. She looked up at him. "Why are you here?" Setsuna asked the Uzoku demon frankly.

"I came here because your father has a task for you. You are now to be responsible…" He gestured to girl behind him. "…of Konoka-ojousama"

The young Uzoku girl smirked, this stranger even had a higher title than her, it was either she was a guest or a very important person. "Why? I should have a say in this, shouldn't I? Besides, why do we have a human here anyway?"

Both of the demons behind the captain seemed to fidget a bit. "You see…" Odubo started. "We caught a group of caravans inside the demon area, so we scared off the humans until the end of the forest and collected whatever they had. The usual thing we did whenever a human would come creeping in."

Setsuna just looked at him waiting for the continuation. " We didn't really notice but when we checked inside the main caravan…" He gestured once more to the girl. "She was inside and we asked her name. We figured the Chief could use her as a trade or something of the sort."

The young girl cocked an eyebrow. "She should be in the Chief's household then."

One of the demons from behind continued the story. "Well, the Chief said that he didn't need anyone to use for trading and he said to put her in your house instead…"

"Ah…so you guys screwed up eh?" She added after a while and gave them a look of false pity.

They disregarded the look she flashed them. The second demon behind Odubo spoke. "Right…so…" They proceeded to throw the girl at Setsuna, who was startled at the action. "She's all yours!" They both shouted and dropped themselves off the platform but reappeared with wings and flying just a few feet from the tree house.

The Uzoku captain waved and jumped from the platform as well. "Good Luck!" He shouted as they flew towards the Uzoku village snickering at the girl's misfortune.

"W-wait! You can't just…!" She screamed at their retreating forms but then stopped when she noticed that the girl who was thrown at her direction was now clinging to her and sobbing on her shoulder. She sighed in defeat and led Konoka inside her home, besides, it seemed that her father was serious with her keeping this stranger.

"At the intensity of this girl's hug it looks like she won't be letting go soon…" Setsuna thought to herself when they had entered her home. She kicked off her shoes and stepped up into her 'main room'. Surely she couldn't have Konoka hugging her even when she walked so she carried her in her arms instead. The brown haired girl still placed her arms around the neck of the girl who carried her and she leaned in on Setsuna's chest, still sobbing a bit. The black haired started to blush when she realized the girl's actions but put aside those thoughts for the moment. The swordswoman leaned on a wall and she slowly slid down and even when she was seated on the floor she cradled the girl in her arms. She couldn't do anything until the girl stopped crying anyway and so, Setsuna waited patiently until the girl in her arms slowly fell asleep.

The swordswoman guessed that seeing someone who you think you could trust could comfort you, she cocked an eyebrow at her thoughts. No, that wasn't it…in the shock of being captured my demons the brown haired girl found comfort in someone who didn't look and seem like a demon. She lingered on her theories on the sudden burst of tears and the sudden trust the girl seemed to have towards her. The truth was, this was the first time she had come in contact with another human aside from Motoko and this certain human seemed to puzzle her.

The half demon then laid the girl carefully and slowly on the floor. She placed the brown haired girls head on her lap and soon she too fell asleep.

A sudden swirl of memories washed over her while her mind slowly awakened. She was being sent to the land of Luron as a bride from her land, Mahora. When they had crossed the border into the Uzoku territory they were immediately attacked by the Uzoku clan.

Well, stupid decision made by their 'all wise' escort from Luron. Really, could she have been any more stupid? Crossing the Uzoku territory just to get to her homeland faster? It was a very wrong decision but no one complained, she was of higher status after all. Well, until she married Fate Averruncus, prince of Luron of course then she would be of higher status. If she still had a chance of marrying him that was, she highly doubted she could get out from the demon territory any time soon. What would happen to the contract made by her grandfather with the land of Luron then? Would they have a war or would they come rescue her? She furrowed her eyebrows just thinking about it, she hated politics, really.

What was her name again? That escort? Chigas? Chiguna? Chisana? She knew it started with Chi-. The teenager decided to brush the thought away for now, it wasn't so important anymore.

Where was that girl? The one who was now supposedly in charge of her, didn't she live here as well? Then it struck her when she opened her eyes. Her head was resting on the said girl's lap. Actually she had kind of surprised herself when she broke down, cried and when she had clung to the other girl. She was always taught to be proper all the time and to never show her weakness, it had something to do with ruling her grandfather once told her.

As Setsuna's eyes fluttered open she caught the girl on her lap staring up at her and she slightly blushed. "U-uhm…" She managed to spit out after a few minutes of awkward staring.

"Good morning…" The other girl greeted with a smile and she slowly sat up from her position.

She had no idea what to say except to greet her back. "Good morning to you as well."

Konoka had figured she should introduce herself properly. She didn't like the first impression she had made yesterday. "My name is Konoe Konoka, I am the daughter of Konoe Eishun, granddaughter of Konoe Konoemon and next in line for the throne of the country of Mahora." She said proudly and bowed as low as she could while she was seated.

"Just as I suspected...she has a high title..."

The country of Mahora…she had heard that name before but put aside the questions for later and she then introduced herself as well. "I am Sakurazaki Setsuna, daughter of Sakurazaki Setou and next in line as Head of the Uzoku tribe." She stated and bowed low as well.

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It was a circular room, which was empty save for the table in the middle, drawer on the east side of the room and the area where cooking was done, under the table, hidden. Two doors, one was located at the south side of the room and one was located at the north side of the room. Konoka's mind absorbed all of this in a matter of minutes while sitting at the table across from Setsuna who had her head resting on her hand. Setsuna was looking at her intently she noticed, which seemed to quirk her interest. "Is there something on my face?" She asked amused and flashed the girl across the table a smile.

The half demon slightly scratched her cheek and suddenly found her ceiling interesting. "Uhm, no…not really, but I do have some questions, which I would like you to answer." She glanced at the girl in front of her. "If that's okay with you…" She added.

The girl next in line for the Mahora throne nodded already knowing what the teenager would ask.

"Alright, first…" Setsuna raised one finger while leaning in closer. "Why did you step into Uzoku territory?"

"Because the escort said it would be faster to get to Luron by crossing through Uzoku territory." The girl simply answered.

The black haired girl gave her a look of disbelief. "That was stupid…" She mumbled but continued. "Okay, second…" She raised her middle finger. "Why were you on your way to Luron?"

"I was being sent to Luron so that I could marry Fate Averruncus." She stated in monotone. It was like it didn't even matter and it was a normal thing.

"Ah, political business huh?" The swordswoman said not really asking her and took a sip of tea, which Konoka had prepared. She prepared the breakfast they had that morning as well, which surprised Setsuna.

The princess did not reply but only looked out of the window at the sky and the eighteen year old half demon left it at that.

Actually, both of them hadn't noticed it but it had only been three weeks since Konoka's arrival in the Uzoku territory. For some reason Konoka had started calling Setsuna 'Secchan'. In reality, Setsuna had no idea where her roommate had picked this up but let it go, she didn't really mind. Maybe this is what she got as punishment for secretly admiring the beauty of her new roommate. She shrugged it off.

Konoka had taken the burden of cooking the meals while Setsuna bought the things they needed from the Uzoku village every week. She wasn't allowed to live there but she was tolerated when she went to buy in the market. As for the sleeping arrangements, Setsuna had given her bedroom for Konoka to use and she slept in the 'main room' instead.

The chocolate haired girl hardly ever climbed down from the huge tree house, she preferred to stay inside and she never questioned her friends whereabouts. Although she did notice that the half demon would leave every other day after noon bringing her sword with her. Konoka was a bit worried at this, Setsuna only brought her sword on these certain days and she wondered if her roommate was involved in any dangerous activities.

"I'm leaving now, I'll be back before dinner as usual." The swordswoman stated while putting on her shoes.

Konoka was sitting at the table reading a book, which Setsuna had given her to pass the time although she didn't know where her roommate had gotten it. "Where do you go after noon?" The princess asked out of the blue.

Setsuna turned her head to look at Konoka a bit surprised by the question and blinked. She never asked her so she thought that Konoka didn't really care much about it and never has she told her about Motoko either. "I go to my Shinmeiyruu Master's house…" She continued to slip on her other shoe. After a moment of silence she spoke again. "Would you like to meet her?" The half demon turned her head to look at the girl who had questioned her.

She nodded and smiled back once more and put the book down. "Yes, I think that would be nice. To tell you the truth I'm a bit curious."

Well guys...just testing if this story will catch some attention. If it does, I'll have fun writing the rest of the story. If it doesn't...well...that's ok I guess...I'll still continue it and I'll still have fun. Ahahhaah, weird! AnYWHOooZ...R&R very appreciated yoh!

EH...CUT PART(scene)? Maybe you'll like this one better::::::

She opened her eyes only to be met by the darkness and the moonlight, which entered through the window. She mentally cursed herself for falling asleep, now she had to make her way through the darkness. The teenager slowly laid the resting head of her new companion on the floor and tried as silently as she could to walk towards the drawer across the room. She opened it and grabbed the matches from inside. Slowly she started to light the lamps which were placed in the center of her 'main room', as she liked to call it.

It was a circular room, which was empty save for the table in the middle, drawer on the east side of the room and the area where she cooked under the table, hidden. Two doors, one led to the outside, which was located at the south side of the room and one led to the half demons room which was located at the north side of the room.

Oh, and the lamps of course, one hung in the center of the room and two more hung, both beside the bigger lamp which hung freely from above. As she stepped down from the small table, having just used it to lift herself high enough, the scent of freshly lit candles started to fill the room.

'Oh, right…' Setsuna thought to herself when she saw the girl lying on the floor sleeping. She then gently lifted the girl slowly and made her way into her bedroom and laid the girl on her bed. She opened one of her drawers and pulled out a blanket and a thick folded up cloth. The young girl placed the folded up cloth under the head of Konoka hoping that this could act as a pillow for the time being .

Setsuna fell asleep anywhere at anytime in her house and found that she had no use for pillows, blankets and beds even though she did own a bed and a couple of blankets. The swordswoman placed the blanket over the sleeping girl gently as not to wake her up and slowly pondered on what she should do for the moment.

There was no way she could leave her home right now. If her guest should wake up, what would her reaction be at finding herself inside a tree house seventeen feet above the ground? She didn't even want to think about what that girl'sreaction would be, heck, she might break down right then and there! So, she decided to wait and settled herself across the room. "What am I doing? It's the middle of the night and I'm awake waiting for someone to wake up…how stupid can I get?" She hit her forehead in frustration. "This is going nowhere…" She stood up and made her way towards the other room but left the door open. There, she leaned on the wall staring at the lamps above and sleep had soon taken over her again.