Change of Plans
By Sylverlyf
SUMMERY: What if Natsuki was engaged to a woman who wasn't Shizuru ( or Mai, Nao, Mikoto) Don't panic it's still Shiznat.
RATING: Basically rated M for the following: Violence, language, suggestive themes, nude chickens, and stuff.
NOTE: To avoid unnecessary chaos I put this in third person but mainly Natsuki's side of things with the occasional Shizuru's quick view. This is that is defiantly AU. I hope you enjoy.
SIDE NOTE: Natsuki vs. Cupid has crashed along with my hard drive and will not be updated any time soon sorry.
SUBNOTE: Rational, Jealous and Compassionate Natsuki are not her "voices" They are her subconscious. She's not even aware of them half the time.
DISCLIAMER: I don't own any of these characters as slavery is forbidden in the States... and Natsuki's not into bondage... at least that's what she told me.
Part One: Fate Hates Assholes
"OK yeah sure Shizuru I understand. Yes. Please don't worry about me. Sure." A low chuckle, "No you can't just tell your parents you won't have dinner with them while they're in town tonight. Go ahead and have fun. Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow. No you can't sneak in and wake me up, Baka!" faint blushing, "At least wait till eleven I plan to catch up on some sleep it is the weekend, you know. Yeah, you too. Good night, Shizuru." Natsuki smiled as she flipped her cell phone closed. She'd never met Shizuru's parents but they sounded like good people from what Shizuru had revealed over the years.
Well that definably put a cramp on my planned evening, but I understand her family thing, Compassionate Natsuki sighed.
I totally should have let her wake me up. Jealous Natsuki pouted.
Guess I'll just go to the motorcycle show tonight at the Tower. Rational Natsuki stated.
She glanced down at her tickets.
Solo, sniffed Jealous Natsuki.
An hour later, Natsuki was in the throes of an all out fantasy. She turned back to the newest high powered motorcycle engine block she had been ogling. Shining metallic chrome top of the line Ducati engine, she knew it would just throb with power. Inhaling slightly, the heady fragrance of clean oil, fresh metal shaving, and new chrome paint made her slightly light headed. Oh how she wanted it. She could just imagine what her bike would be able to do with this baby, its promise of power, it's throaty deep purr. Natsuki broke out in goose bumps all over her body. With a sigh she reached out to trace her fingers over the slick surface, licking her lips.
"Excuse me miss. You're not supposed to touch the…" the young attendant's high pitched voice cracked and his words choked in his throat as Natsuki whipped her head around to glared at him.
He was just trying to do his job don't beat him up. Rational Natsuki said.
"Fine!" she snarled and stormed off in the directions of the elevators.
She'd only been there for thirty minutes give or take a few but she'd seen all the show had to offer. She punched the down button with two fingers and impatiently tapped her foot. She decided to go to a late night club to work off some of the extra energy she had accumulated by viewing all the new parts.
I wonder what Shizuru is doing. Compassionate Natsuki pondered.
There better not be any girls there! Jealous Natsuki said.
Rational Natsuki snorted.
Ok fine as long as they're blind, Jealous Natsuki conceded, reluctantly.
"Finally" she muttered as the metallic doors slid open with a cheerful ding. She took the elevator down to the basement parking to retrieve her motorcycle. Natsuki smiled as she viewed all the bikes parked in neat and not so neat rows, not a dirty one in the bunch as if on display.
"No! Let me g.." a shrill female voice whimpered out only to be muffled.
Emerald eyes narrowed in on a column to the right, her feet moving silently as she approached the scuffle.
"You know you're parents practically gave you to me! We're going to the party later tonight and at that party your parents will announce us engaged. I'm just going to take what's mine a little early. Now get in the car!" the man's arrogant nasally voice made the hair on the back of Natsuki's neck bristle.
"I'll never marry you! I'd rather die first!" Natsuki turned around the pillar in time to see the young woman spit at the tall lanky man.
Pfft so would I, he's not Shizuru! Jealous Natsuki agreed with a laughed.
"Shut up, you stupid bitch!" bellowed a nasally male voice, followed by the distinct sound of a fist hitting flesh. Natsuki saw the girl crumple to the ground and as the man bent to pick her up.
Oi, you stupid fuck! Natsuki thought as she leapt forward.
"Like beating on girls do you?" Natsuki growled savagely. The man's nose broke with a sickening crunch by the force of Natsuki's knee. Dazed, hurt and sprawled on his ass, the man took a second to respond.
"Awll phucking kyll u!" the man spat staggering to his feet, swinging a surprisingly fast fist at Natsuki's face. The breeze from the swing barely registered, as she sent him to the ground with snap kick to the inside of his knee. The man screamed.
"Game over, loser," Natsuki said calmly. She raised her hand in greeting to the two officers, who had rushed up to the scene.
"What's going on here?" The older officer asked, taking in the scene of the young woman lying on the pavement, the cussing and bleeding man and the calm girl.
"Officers, I saw this man assaulted this woman. I think he was trying to kidnap her. She didn't wish to go with him." Natsuki stated clearly.
Not that I can blame her, god what a wimp. Shizuru wouldn't be lying on the ground like that, Jealous Natsuki said proudly.
I think you're slightly off in the head, you know that right? Rational Natsuki asked Jealous Natsuki, who made a victory sign back at her. *Sigh* Why do I even bother?
The older officer tried not to smirk, thinking about this little girl taking out the larger man. "And you just happen to walk by?"
Natsuki pointed to her Ducati across two parking spots over. "That's my baby. I just happened to be leaving at the right time. Fate must have wanted this asshole caught to set the timing so perfect." She shrugged.
"Ahss ole!? Do u no oo I amm?!" the man snarled past his broken nose, wabbling to his feet, attempting to stand.
Rational Natsuki covered Jealous Natsuki's mouth.
Natsuki's eye narrowed, and she sneered. "Oh yah I know who you are. You're a woman-assaulting would be rapist. I'm definably not impressed."
The man gestured to the barely rousing woman. "She's my Eancée!" he viciously jabbed a finger toward Natsuki, "She 'as obiousy ying oo ob us! I 'an 'er arrested!"
Natsuki's startled laughter rang out over the parking garage. "Nice try, moron. Next time plan your attacks better." She gestured up to the surveillance camera on the pillar with a smirk "I picked this spot specifically because I never leave my baby unsecure." She leered viciously at the paling man," I bet it's even got audio."
Baby? Shizuru is our baby! Jealous Natsuki said angrily. How dare you call that piece of machine the same thing as my Shizuru!
Oi! Don't you be demoting our baby! Shh my sweet little Ducati she didn't mean it, baby, she didn't mean it! Rational Natsuki cooed.
Compassionate Natsuki rolled her eyes. She knew how long this could go on so she tried peace keeping before this got out of hand. We love them both. They're both very special. We just love Shizuru a tiny bit more, ne?
The two combatants looked at each other and nodded slightly, calling a truce. For now.
The older officer gestured to the younger and the dumbass flinched when the younger officer started to cuff him. "Awll fuckn' burry u! Do u no oo I amm?" he screamed at Natsuki as the young officer lead him away.
Bye by jackass, Jealous Natsuki waved at him grinning evilly.
Natsuki rolled her eyes. The older officer let out a chuckle, a small smile gracing her ordinary face, making her rather striking. Natsuki guessed her to be around 28 or so.
"I guess it's a good think you take such good care of your baby, ne?" the older officer teased, a smile in her eyes while her face was still stern. "Hopefully, with that tape, it should be easier to get the charges pressed to stick."
Getting back to business, the older officer knelt down by the injured woman. "Ma'am are you ok? Can you hear me?" she said gently. The little woman gently roused and looked at the officer, then looked past her to Natsuki.
Natsuki was partially bowled over by the young woman's fierce hug, her stomach churning at the body racking sobs of the little blond woman. She really didn't like any one touching her other than Shizuru. "Eh?" She looked to the older officer for help, trying to wiggle out of the blonde's tight grip which was not budging.
The officer just shrugged with an eye brow raised in surprise. Well I can't blame her for picking the more beautiful woman to grope, I guess.
Natsuki put and awkward arm around the girl and patted her head in what she hoped was a comforting gesture. "There, there. The moron is taken away. He can't hurt you anymore." God I suck at this comforting thing.
The officer smirked, "Well it appears you have matters in hand. I'll go get the security tape and have it recorded in duplicate. Evidence against rich men has a nasty habit of disappearing. And I think that guy is going to give us trouble. Please don't wonder off any where, I'll need your statements before I can release you." She said rubbed the spot between her eyes with a weary sigh. "Would you mind watching the woman till the ambulance gets here?"
Natsuki blinked.
Oh crud. Rational Natsuki grimaced.
You can't be serious?! Don't leave me here with this crazy chick! Jealous Natsuki ranted.
The officer turned her blue eyes on Natsuki, God; she's so easy to read. Kawaii! .She said with a slight twist on her mouth holding back a laugh. "It doesn't look like she's going anywhere any way."
"No problem." Natsuki said, with a sickly smile, watching the officer walk away with the impending sense of dread. The littler woman clung tighter, sobbing for an extended time.
For fuck sake this is annoying. Rational Natsuki sighed in disgust.
Make her stop touching me! Jealous Natsuki screamed, wanting to scrub the non-Shizuru germs off of her with a wire brush.
Awe there, there, little one, it will be ok. Compassionate Natsuki cooed, making the other two look at her in horror.
Ha! Two out of three! Get her the fuck off us! Jealous Natsuki yelled.
Natsuki decided she'd had enough and it was time to say something to get the sniffling woman to stop.., well sniffling.
"Hey now come on. You're safe now. It's ok." Natsuki wiggled a little bit to get some air.
"What am I going to do?" the littler woman finally spoke, sobbing into Natsuki's chest.
How about letting me, the fuck, go for starters?! Jealous Natsuki yelled.
Natsuki cleared her throat.
Say something encouraging,whispered Compassionate Natsuki.
"Hey now don't worry. You'll bounce right back from this. Chin up." Natsuki attempted the comforting thing again, despite her eyebrow twitching in severe discomfort.
"You don't understand." She whimpered, "If I don't show up at the party tonight with a fiancé of my choosing my parents will engage me to him, regardless of what happened here tonight!" the girl was diving deeper into hysterics.
Natsuki flinched. "Surely your parents wouldn't make you go through with something like that?"
The girl sobbed harder, "It's in the will my grandparents set up for our inheritance. They lose everything if I don't go through with it. I can't do that to them."
Ah ha! Rational Natsuki grinned as an idea to get this intruder away from them came to her.
"So just pick someone to show up with tonight. Call a friend to see if they'll pose for you. It will at least buy you some time until something more permanent can be found to help you sort this out." Natsuki said, floundering, "Unless, I mean, there's got to be someone you want to get engaged to or something, right?" Natsuki felt brief relief and satisfaction as the girl turned her sobbing into sniffling again.
The girl loosened her death grip on Natsuki as she leaned back. For the first time the girl looked at Natsuki. Her eyes widened in recognition and disbelief then she smiled, even though it was wistfully.
Natsuki shifted at being examined so closely, and even more when the girl whispered slightly dreamy eyed, "If you had her orange eyes, you almost be her twin. I thought you were her when I first saw you."
Natsuki looked at the girl in askance.
"My friend Nina-chan" The girl sighed, "But she is away to visit her father this week. If she was here, she would help me." Her eyes widened and she looked back at Natsuki intensely. "If she were here."
The girl was now looking up at her with hope shining in her translucent green eyes, akin to hero worship. It freaked Natsuki out a bit.
God damn it why don't you let me carry a stun gun?! Jealous Natsuki panicked.
"Please, please won't you help me one last time tonight? I promise not to bother you any more after this. Be my fiancé for the night? Just until Nina gets back and we can figure out another plan?" The younger woman's eyes begged with an un-muted plea that even had the strong willed Natsuki flinching.
However, due to the look in the girl's eyes, Natsuki was belatedly aware that the girl was pressed against her and had her hands sliding near inappropriate places.
Hands! Hands in new places! Gah! Jealous Natsuki screeched, shocked.
You watch too much Buffy Rational Natsuki scoffed.
"Oi!" Pushing the girl a little roughly away from her, Natsuki glared crossing her arms.
"Kawaii! You even have her glare!" she squealed gleefully, clapping her hands.
Ditch this kid she's too much trouble, The rational side of Natsuki thought.
Oh yeah what if Shizuru was in the same situation? Would you ditch her? Natsuki's compassionate side argued.
I can't leave Shizuru to marry that bastard! Fuck that! Him looking at her, touching her, kissing her agh! That is not going to happen! Over my dead freakin body! Natsuki's jealous side raged. I'm going to go after that bastard and hold him over the highest cliff in Japan then drop the bastard on his head! Wait no that's too easy. Ah! After I break his knee caps! Yeah! Moron thinks he can touch my Shizuru, ha!
Wait. Calm down, you delusional little bastard. It's not Shizuru. The Rational side sighed as she sat on Jealous Natsuki before she could go knockout the cop and kidnap the man for his high cliff death. Two out of three win I guess were helping.
Natsuki signed in defeat, turning to the little woman, "Ok, fine!"
The girl squealed happily making Natsuki wince.
She held up her hand to stop the shrill sound. "This is just for tonight; just for this party."
Don't forget the no groping rules, yelled Jealous Natsuki. Those apply to everyone except my Shizuru. Make sure that little twit understands them!
"Oh and there will be some definite ground rules after that little glomp incident of yours earlier, understood?" Natsuki scowled.
The smaller girl nodded furiously,
She gave a smiled shyly, "My name is Ho Erstin." She bowed deeply "I am in your care."
Natsuki nodded, "Kuga Natsuki. Don't even think about calling me Na-chan or any Chan at that got it?"
Yeah! Only Shizuru can call me Natsuki-chan, her Natsuki, baby. Anything she wants, Jealous Natsuki swooned.
Erstin gave a little smile of her own, "I believe your wrong Natsuki-sempai. Tonight your name is Wong Nina."
Oh she's cleaver, Rational Natsuki smiled.
Natsuki nodded with a chuckle, "I believe you're correct."
Natsuki sighed, "So what time is this party we have to be at?"
"The party will start in less than an hour and it is in this building here. However, we do not have to make an appearance for at least two hours. My parents should be there by then and the end of the party will be nearer as well. Of course there is one matter that must be dealt with prior to us attending." Erstin said smiling broadly at Natsuki, making her feel slightly paranoid at all the attention.
Natsuki stood there awkwardly praying someone something would interrupt this uncomfortable moment.
"Finally," She said looking past Erstin's shoulder seeing the paramedics approaching with the female officer.
Fortunately, Erstin seemed no worse for her encounter besides some minor abrasions and a superficial bruise on her side. The paramedics asked a ton of questions to both of them, all the while Erstin beamed at Natsuki. Satisfied she didn't need to go to the hospital, Natsuki turned to the officer.
"So what's happening with the moron?" she asked seriously.
The older officer sighed, "With your statements and these tapes we should be able to get assault and battery charges presses, and possibly attempted kidnapping."
Natsuki frowned, "So what's with the sigh?"
The officer grimaced, "Even with these tapes he was already off on bail before we even got him into the squad car. And I have a feeling these charges will be settled out of the public eye due to the high profile of the people involved. That man will never see jail time, just another slap on the wrist."
Natsuki ground her teeth in frustration. If it had been Shizuru I'd have just cliff tossed the bastard, but this isn't any of my business. I hope her Nina can handle that asshole.
The officer coughed. Natsuki turned her attention back to the officer who wore an amused smile on her face, "So I hear congratulations are in order?"
"Nani?" Natsuki looked confused.
"You and Ms. Ho are engaged, at least for tonight, ne?" she chuckled at the baffled expression on this beautiful girl before her.
"How did you?" Natsuki asked bewildered, then smirked. "Camera room."
The officer chuckled delighted. This woman has wit enough to match her stunning beauty. "Don't worry I took the evidence tape out before the 'proposal'." She teased back and laid a hand on Natsuki's forearm.
Natsuki blushed for no apparent reason. Recovering she gave a little laugh, "Eh, good I have a reputation to keep as being a cold hearted bitch."
The officer smiled at Natsuki. Fu fu I doubt you could be cold hearted if you tried. "Of course." The officer sighed and dropped her hand. Well, back to business. "Time to get back to work, I need you to fill out these papers please and then I can release you and Ms. Ho."
Natsuki smiled at the woman, ecstatic at the thought of getting the hell out of there. "Thank you. And thank you for responding so quickly."
The officer's heart leapt and thudded in her chest at the beautiful smile and said "Of course, that's what I get paid to do."
"Eh? Well, you do it well." Natsuki mumbled distractedly as she started the paper work. She missed the blush on the officer's cheeks.
Thirty minutes later both Natsuki and Erstin's paperwork was complete and Natsuki was chomping at the bit to get the hell out of there.
The officer took the paperwork and pen back from Natsuki making sure to brush her finger tips over the others hand, accidently of course. Natsuki being Natsuki was oblivious to the obvious flirting, and the officer sighed as her signals failed to reach the beautiful woman.
The officer took Erstin's written statement of the events, and with one glance back at Natsuki left.
Authoresses Note: Um and if any one wishes to volunteer to beta that would be swell ^^) Please Review and tell me if you liked the voices better or not. It's up to you, Readers!
Other Credits: ("hands! hands in new places!" – Xander, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doppelganger episode)