Yay my first fanfic and my first chapter!
well urrhh... on Fanfiction anyway xD
:D I am fairly excited, constructive critism is welcome! but please don't be mean :( i have my feelings hurt easily xD
well i am still trying to figure out how everything works on fanfiction but yeah i am trying.
this is unbeta'ed by the way, but i did try to read it carefully to fix any mistakes, please tell me if you find any though! i'd be glad to fix it :3
Random fact: 3 Is my favorite number. Why you may ask? You can make so many faces with it!
oh by the way on Quizilla, i use to love getting rated, comments, messages ect. well same goes here! Messages and reviews are greatly appreiated. :3 --the 3!
enjoy!
"To demand of love that it be without jealousy, is to ask of light that it cast no shadows."
Oscar Hammling
Natsuki raced down the road heading toward the airport to pick up Shizuru. She talked to Shizuru for the first time in two weeks last night, and Natsuki insisted on picking her up, even if Shizuru said it was fine and she would take a taxi and see her later. 'So I can be sure you can't get away from me' she thought when she finally convinced Shizuru that she would be the one to escort her home.
Natsuki has been driving for an hour and she had another hour to go, not to mention the fact that it was windy and freezing. This was not bothering Natsuki though, it was what happened just before Shizuru left for her two week vacation.
Natsuki was riding on her motorcycle with box of pizza in the compartment under her seat, she would have called Shizuru to ask if she wanted some, but she didn't have a reason to invite her over, and she would never call Shizuru and say "Hey Shizuru want to come over for some pizza?" No not Natsuki. Not the pride-filled Natsuki Kuga. She was never one to invite friends over to "just have fun". Also, she was positive she would get a good teasing from Shizuru. She unconsciously arrived at her apartment building she was currently living in and parked her motorcycle in the parking lot, grabbed her pizza and went inside the building. It was summertime and she would have to repeat a year in high school again. She was planning to move soon though; she didn't really like the idea of being settled down in one place for a long period of time, also if she was planning to pass this year, she need a home closer. She arrived at her door; she found a note on the door that was written in a quickly recognized handwriting. She grabbed the letter while she was entering her home and read it quickly.
Natsuki, I am going on a trip, my father needs me to attend, I will be leaving tomorrow and return in two weeks, I'll call you when I can.
Shizuru
She didn't know why, but she felt a pain in her heart, and she felt angry. 'You could have at least called me Shizuru'. She grabbed her cell phone and called Shizuru, disappointingly her phone was off. She suddenly felt a huge need to hear Shizuru's voice. Natsuki threw the pizza on the table grabbed her helmet and keys and road off on her bike. She arrived at Shizuru's home in about 30 minutes, it was a lot closer to Fuuka High School then her home was. She parked her bike on the road, not really caring what happened to it, and she walked up the pathway, faster than normal but not yet running. She grabbed her key to enter Shizuru's home, which Shizuru gave to her at the Karaoke party at the end of the HiME Festival, she didn't want to accept it, but Shizuru insisted she said "if something bad were to happen Natsuki could always be able to enter and leave as she pleases." She opened the door slightly but stopped when she heard two voices. She peaked through the crack and saw a girl with Shizuru, a little closer than Natsuki would have liked her to be.
"Shizuru… I know we were young, but it still was the best time I ever had…" The girl said softly as she put her hand gently on Shizuru's cheek and took a step closer to her.
"It was …nice" Shizuru said hesitantly, she smiled gently at her, yet somewhat nervously The girl leaned in dangerously close to Shizuru's lips. Natsuki's eyes widened, she leaned forward a bit, the door swung open and she fell forward and her face hit the floor fairly hard. "Damn it…" Natsuki Cursed as she slowly raised herself to look at Shizuru and the girl, they were at least an arm's length apart now. Natsuki glared coldly at the woman. Then she heard Shizuru chuckle. "Ara ara, was Natsuki spying on me?"
A blush flooded Natsuki's face at that remark. "No! If you forgot, you gave me your key, and that letter you left on my door made me think something may have happened." Well, it wasn't a complete lie; it wasn't like Shizuru to abandon her out of nowhere, so she figured something serious must have happened.
"Ara, that's so sweet of Natsuki to worry about me, but as you can see I am fine, I would have called or told you in person but,when I went to your home you weren't there, I had a old friend to attend to at the moment so I just left you a quick note if I could not get in contact with you before I left… but if I knew how important it was for Natsuki, I would have waited an eternity for Natsuki" She said teasingly.
The blushes that seem to have just faded from Natsuki's cheeks seem to have returned with full force. Natsuki quickly changed the subject.
"So is this the friend you needed to attend to?" Natsuki looked at the woman coldly, Natsuki could now see the woman very clearly, her body was fairly similar to hers, with a few exceptions. It seemed her bust size was a bit bigger than hers, yet small than Shizuru's; her hair was a unique color it almost looked like maple wood, yet not quite she had violet colored eyes, a strange combination, almost as strange as the chestnut haired girl with crimson eyes.She seemed to be quite in shape and must exercise just about the same amount (if not more) of time as Natsuki.
"Yes Natsuki this is Kaede Watanabe-san, Watanabe-san this is Natsuki Kuga, and she is my closest friend" Shizuru introduced. Kaede raised her eyebrow as if asking 'is this a joke?' Shizuru seemed to be holding her mask firmly and wasn't planning on dropping it. Somehow is reassured Natsuki that this girl wasn't all that close to Shizuru if she was being so formal. Kaede walked up to Natsuki and offered her hand while she said "Hello Kuga-san, nice to meet you" Watanabe said glaring at her.
'Well you could have fooled me, doesn't look like it's nice to meet me.' Natsuki thought bitterly, she really shouldn't be thinking thoughts like that, since she wasn't really fond of this girl either, and she was really acting like it either, but it didn't matter to her, she was sure the same thoughts were running through her mind at the moment. "Hi, Same here" Natsuki said simply. She wasn't planning to get into a detailed discussion with someone she didn't even like, not that she liked people all that much anyway.
Natsuki looked at chestnut haired girl. "Well you seem to be fine, so I guess I'll be going so… ummm… yeah… see you, take care of yourself Shizuru." She said awkwardly. Shizuru smirked at this. Natsuki already could already sense what was coming. 'God, why don't I just blush now to save me from the pain?' Natsuki thought. As if on cue Shizuru teased "Natsuki doesn't need to worry I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself, but if Natsuki would like she could spend the night?" Natsuki knew she was only kidding, none the less, a blush made its way up to flood her cheeks, she turned around to hide her blush.
"Ara ara I wonder why Natsuki is so red? Hmm… Could she be having naughty thoughts?" Shizuru teased yet again.
Natsuki, quite red at this point just started walking quickly out of the room and waved at her without looking back and said "BAKA! see you later!".
"I'll be sure to call Natsuki as soon as I can!" the crimson eyed color said gracefully as she walked out of the door quickly, trying to hide her blush the best she could.
'That girl is really bothering me' Natsuki thought. Sure, Shizuru said it was her friend, but they seemed to be fairly close, but she wanted to know how close, not that it concerned her personally or anything, it was just Shizuru was her closest friend, her most precious person, and she need to look out for her. She wanted to make sure that girl wasn't using her or anything. Also, when the heck did they meet? She assumed that they met before the navy hair colored girl meet Shizuru.
Natsuki sped up. Shizuru said it was fine if she didn't pick her up, she would have someone else pick her up. Normally it would be a limo driver, or even a maid or someone who worked for her. Somehow Natsuki didn't feel quite comfortable. 'It's because you think that girl is going to pick her up isn't it?' her subconscious said.
"NO!" Natsuki yelled allowed. Not that she cared there were no cars or other motor cycle riders, she wouldn't care even if there were, she was too busy in her own thoughts. 'I would care less if that girl picked her up, I just wanted to make sure she had a safe flight besides, I felt a bit abandon so it'll be nice to see her' she thought reassuring herself.
She finally arrived at the airport. She realized she was a bit late or the plane was early, probably the 2nd since she was sure that she left with some extra time so she could get Shizuru's bags. She looked around and saw Shizuru with that maple haired girl loading her stuff into what seemed like Kaede's car.
OMAKE:
Natsuki:-sulks-
Shizuru:-smiles-
Natsuki: What are you so happy about?
Shizuru: because I have someone to play with now since Natsuki never wants to play!
Vulnerable and Natsuki: WHAT?!
Shizuru: Yep, and I bought new tools too! Want to see? -pulls out a bag-
Natsuki: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!-runs away-
Vulnerable:... I want to see them!
Shizuru:-pulls out tea brewing utensils- I think kaede would like tea brewing.
Vulnerable:-sweat drops- well I guess i know what you mean by Natsuki never wants to play. I never imagined her as much of a tea brewer myself.
A/N: well, as you can see Kaede and Natsuki really hit it off! That was sarcasm by the way. so how did Shizuru and Kaede meet anyway? hmmm...
its all very strange.
Oh by the way Kaede means "Maple" thats where i came up with her hair color. I also wanted it her to seem fairly similar to Natsuki in a way, you'll see why in later chapters, also well the friend that introduced me to this site, her favorite color is violet so i decided to at least give her that :3 --yet again the 3!
and Ara Ara is the equivilant to the american Oh me, Oh my but Shizuru made it her own.