Disclaimer: I don't own Maria-sama ga Miteru, if I did Sachiko and Yumi would have eloped by now. This story is the twisted result of a 13 hour car ride from Ohio to Wisconsin with both parents and my older brother. I spent the last two hours of the trip listening to Rob Zombie, and this is the first part of what I came up with. Pairings: SachikoXm – sorta, it's complex, SachikoXYumi
Monday, Day 1
The air was growing cooler at night now, as the landscape slowly but surely made it's way through autumn and towards winter. This night was a bit chillier then average; Sachiko could see her breath as she stood before Maria-sama, her hands placed together, and head bowed slightly. She paused momentarily, wondering why it was so ingrained in her to do so. She had been coming to Lillian since kindergarten and had never stopped to question her actions before. But then again, in the last year she had found plenty of reasons to question things she would never had before, courtesy of Yumi. Dear little Yumi, currently know as Rosa Chinensis en bouton. Sachiko felt warmth spread through her chest at the mere thought of her precious petite soeur.
Shaking her head to clear her thoughts Sachiko readied herself for the walk to the bus stop. Normally she would have undertaken this trip with Yumi, but the younger girl had said she wanted to stay to finish her creative writing with Rei there to help. Sachiko had offered to wait but Yumi had insisted she go on ahead, since it was "already getting dark out". Indeed the sun had already set and with it the temperature continued to drop as well. The black haired girl shivered slightly and vowed to bring her coat tomorrow.
Suddenly Sachiko felt a shiver of a different kind run down her spine before settling coldly in her gut. The hairs on the back of her neck stood up and every muscle tensed. She could feel her heart pounding in her chest and hear the rush of blood in her ears. The tall girl became hypersensitive to her surroundings; the leave rustling in the crisp wind, a small squirrel chitterling in a tree to her right. But above all she could feel a pair of eyes burning a hole in her back. Slowly Sachiko turned towards the gate to the school grounds. At first she saw nothing but dark shadows cast by the street lamps. This confused her. Who's watching me? Then her eyes focused on movement within the shadows across the street. There barely visible, stood a tall man in a long black coat.
Sachiko could tell he was tall and broad shouldered like her cousin, and that his hair was long and shaggy, gently blowing in the wind, it was that movement that caught her attention. But any other features she might have been able to make out were lost when she noticed his eyes. They were focused intently on her, she could tell this in the dark because they glowed in the dim lamplight, like a dog's or cat's would. Like a wolf's, she thought. Such an unnatural sight caused a scream to rise within the girl, but it caught in her throat, no matter how much she may have wanted to release it. She felt frozen, caught in place and unable to move from the penetrating gaze.
…so beautiful…so young…
A sinister voice forced its way into her head, seeming to whisper, hiss, and echo all at once.
...so soft and pure…
It hurt, she couldn't hide from it. The voice was reaching everywhere, touching her everywhere, inside and out.
…innocent and untouched…
Sachiko didn't know what was going on, she couldn't move. She could only fall deeper into those mysteriously glowing eyes, could only fall deeper into their will.
…I desire you my mate…
"Onee-sama?" the voice to her right suddenly broke through the spell. Sachiko startled, a small gasp escaping her lips as her head whipped around to see Yumi, Rei, and Yoshino approach from the direction of the Rose Mansion. The black haired girl looked again towards the gate only to see no one there, the shadows across the street remained still. Her heart already hammering, she nearly jumped out of her skin when a small hand landed on her shoulder.
"Onee-sama? Are you ok?" Yumi's voice and brown eyes were filled with concern for her grande soeur.
Sachiko swallowed, hard, glancing at the gate once again before turning to the smaller girl and placing a comforting hand over the one on her shoulder. "I'm alright, I just thought I saw something in the shadows, my mind was probably just playing tricks on me." she gave the hand under hers a squeeze.
"Must have been some trick, you left over half an hour ago Sachiko and you were just standing there staring when we walked up. You didn't even hear Yoshino or I calling you." Rei said. Despite her appearance, Sachiko, like the other girls, knew Rei to be very feminine and kind-hearted, her concern for her friend and fellow Rosa ran deep and true.
"Over half an hour ago?" Shocked the tall girl glanced at her watch; it was indeed a lot later then when she left.
"Yes Onee-sama…" Yumi noticed her grande soeur's slight frame shivering in the evening air. While it had been warm during the day, Yumi had planed on staying late and therefore brought her coat, which she now removed and placed over the black haired girl's shoulders. The sleeves would be ridiculous short on the taller girl's longer arms but draped over the shoulders it would work its purpose.
"Yumi?" Sachiko questioned.
"You're cold Onee-sama, and you told me earlier you forgot your coat, you're going to catch a cold out here without one."
"Is that so? Then we have better get to the bus stop before you catch one, as you're now standing here without a coat." Sachiko said this with a teasing lithe to her voice, inside she was incredibly touched by her petite soeur's gesture. As they walked to the gate, the taller girl couldn't help but glance at the shadows where she'd seen the strange man. She thought briefly of telling Yumi what happened, but she could barely believe it herself there along imagine what it might sound like to someone else. And besides, Yumi's afraid of the dark, she recalled, no need to add more wood to that fire.
"Alright then, Farewell Sachiko, Yumi-san. See you both tomorrow." Rei called out as Yoshino waved to both of them and the four friends parted ways.
Yumi looked up. "Are you sure you're ok Onee-sama?"
Glancing one last time across the street before taking Yumi's cold hand in her own, Sachiko nodded. "Of course, like I said, my mind was just playing a trick on me." Oh how I wish that were only it.
A/N: I just now realized my title "Night of the Wolf" is rather similar to my pen name "Wolf Nightwind". it's pure coincidence I swear. Also while this isn't my first attempt at writing fan fiction, it's my first voyage into Maria-sama ga Miteru so if I'm getting characters grossly OOC from the beginning let me know.