Inspired by The novel 'fantasy lover' and other fics i've read!
disclaimer: i do not own mai-hime abviously! XD
ok read people!
The Pup And Her Kyoto Majesty
Ch. 1
'Me Time gone wrong'
It was a Monday night. The only time within the week she could afford a much needed 'me' time. It was the only night when she could say fuck it. Fuck revision. Fuck her loyalty as a friend. Fuck her job. Fuck her image as a biker badass. Fuck every possible thing really. Monday nights allow her to just slump on the couch, in front of her flat-screen plasma, and pretty much reduce herself to being a couch potato. Bulging on comfort food is mandatory. . Mayonnaise is a yes. Screw what her personal trainer and dietician advised (Mai). This is the only time she allows her body to consume as much fat as she crave, and forget about the repercussions that it does to her stomach and waistline. See, Monday nights is the time to be indulgent, selfish and simply erase in her mental dictionary what 'Mayo-free' means.
So to say she was irritated when the doorbell rung is an understatement. She was furious. She decided to simply ignore it, and be hopeful that whoever is at the door will eventually grow tired of waiting.
"Natsuki!" She heard her name being called. Most importantly, she heard an oh-so familiar voice.
"Natsuki, I know you're in there, now open up before I'll let Mikoto break this door" the voice warned. Yeah right, how could a body that miniscule smash a door, Natsuki scoffed
"Whatever Mai" She muttered to no one in particular,
"You know how lethal she can become when she gets hungry, and she's very hungry right now" How Natsuki hated her friend's perky voice. Not wanting her property vandalized, she decided to just open the door and let that busty carrot top and her Polly pocket-like follower enter her apartment,
"Wait a second" she grumbled, Natsuki Huffed a sigh as she grudgingly rises from the couch.
"Hi there Natsuki" Natsuki opened the door to see a smiley Mai "you chose the right option my friend" the raven haired girl faked a smile,
"Food" said the shorter one as she pushed through the blunnette to get to the massive food that lay on the couch untouched,
Silence bestowed upon the two. It confused the hell out of Natsuki because one, her friend Mai decided to be silent, Two Mai was spotted with a weird expression, almost as she's trying to hold her laughter or something,
Unable to hold her curiosity any longer, Natsuki broke the silence "So what brought you here. On a Monday?" She emphasized on the last part.
The busty orange-head just smiled coyly.
"What?" Natsuki probed.
It was then Mai showed her hand, At first she was clueless, But then when she squinted…
"Oh. My. God"
"I know!"
"Oh My effing God"
"I know!"
"You're engaged"
"I know!"
"This is so surreal"
"I know!"
There was a silver ring on Mai's fourth finger; the orange-head started jumping up and down, unable to contain her joy, as Natsuki hugged her…
"I'm so happy for you, Congratulations."
"Thanks Natsuki"
After an hour or two, and Mikoto falling asleep from all the food she ate, The Two friends sat on the comfy couch watching troy, while Natsuki was reading what seamed a Manga-stripes, Mai was fascinated by how 'pec' the men were. Ribbed and tanned bodies are going to be her new sexual fantasy, she just wishes Tate Would look like that.
"Natsuki, what we all need is a Greek God." Mai said dreamily,
Natsuki scoffed at that incredulous idea and rolled her eyes. "Please, you can't find men like those, these days. That's because these days, men are perverted scums who pretty much roam the Earth searching for a prey. Young, naïve girls who are impressionable, easily manipulated to believe their Bull shit." She stuffed a handful of chips in her mouth.
Mai frowned "Natsuki, are you referring to yourself? Because that's so stupid, What happened with Takeda was ages ago. You need to let go off that, look pass it and just move forward, because if you don't I'm afraid you'll end up like those people who live with only their dog as a companion" she ranted unaware that the anger on her friend's face has faltered and was replace by a contemplated look. "Then again, at the rate you're going, I'm sure you're headed for the path"
Natsuki argues as she threw the manga towards her friend who had caught before it could hit her flat in the face "I don't need a man in my life to keep me happy. And I certainly would not need one to grow old with."
Mai sighed, Frustrated by Natsuki's Stubbornness "Argghh!"
That did not mean she admitted defeat. Nope. Not by a long shot. She wrecked her brain, trying to formulate other explanations to go about tackling the situation. She was determined to alter Natsuki's mentality. If only she could know how. She then noticed what her friend was reading through the piles of what seamed like drawings, the clearly title read 'Princess Kaguya'.
While Natsuki went about focusing her attention on the movie once more, Mai was trying to snatch the spoonful of mayo from the bluenette reminding her about mayo-free diet she was supposed to be on, giving up she went back to the Manga and as she read it, Mai didn't know what hit her, but when she saw the drawing of princess Kaguya crying, something sparked in her mind, Maybe, what Natsuki need is a woman, she talked in her head. Since Her biker friend has been clear about her hatred towards the opposite gender, who knows a woman could be the one to changed her friend's doomed path.
"Natsuki," she began tentatively.
"Hmm…" was all the reply she received. Natsuki's eyes still glued to the screen.
"What if you go on a date with a girl?" That did it. Not only did Natsuki stop focusing on the screen, she choked on her food. Taking seconds to recover she turned to face Mai sideways.
"Excuse me?"
Mai gave her a blank look "What?"
The bluenette wrinkled her brows "Duh, your absurd suggestion that I should date a girl" she blushed as she said this.
The busty one quirked her neatly plucked eyebrow. "Absurd? I beg the differ, the idea is brilliant" Natsuki's forehead twitched "… well it is, you go about saying how you dislike men…"
Natsuki shook her head "Not dislike, hate" she corrected.
"Well okay, you hate men because apparently one of them broke your heart, but you decide to hate the entire male population which is…I'm sorry to say, unfair. Anyway, Natsuki you do realize that a woman has never caused you that kind of pain," Mai paused to see how her friend reacted. "…So maybe a person like I dunno, Princess Kaguya," she referred to the sobbing kimono-wearing woman in the drawing, "…is someone you could consider. Then you can forget about the type of Dog to adopt."
Natsuki began munching the mayo-sandwich slowly as she thought about what her friend has mentioned. It was one of Mai cockamamie ideas, yet somehow she realized her friend pointed out good points. She could probably consider a woman. After all, she did pride herself for being open-minded. But it was just a thought, nothing more. She was just amusing herself with Mai's idea.
"Yeah, well…how could we possibly find a person like Princess Kaguya?"
Mai rolled her eyes. "I was just using her as an example Natsuki. Then again, whatever floats your boat. To each its own I guess, so go find yourself a Kyoto princess to date."
(The next day)
Her lecture was cancelled at the last minute; suddenly Mai finds her afternoon free, Since Natsuki was at her own lecture, While Tate decided to hang out with Reito, and Mikoto is at her new job as a pet keeper, she decided to drop At Tomoe Marguerite's Bookstore (she could do some research on Kyoto women). Tomoe Was new all agey like, with grayish/greenish mane, long floaty white skirt, and baggy brown cardigans. She was the complete opposite of Mai, yet somehow they get along.
"You're breaking into the tranquility space," Tomoe voiced, her humming stopped temporarily.
Mai refused to move from the spot where she stood as she launched a question, "Do you have books?" She received an amused stare from girl.
"It is a mythology bookstore," Tomoe stated the obvious.
"Oh, of course!"
"Yeah."
"Where is the section on Kyoto women?" Mai asked as she places her leather hobo on the Ottoman Stool.
"Third row, on the left," Tomoe drawled. She closed her eyes and continued humming.
The busty orange-head sauntered over to that section of the store. Listlessly she went through the titles available before deciding on a familiar name. Mai accidentally knocked a book on the shelves while she tried to reach for the wanted book; she elicited a frustrated sigh, bending down to pick up the hard cover book lying on the parquet floor. Her eyebrows furrowed when she read the cover.
"The Kyoto Fantasy lover…?" she mumbled,
Curious about the content, she flipped open the book only to find blank, empty pages.
"Weird…"
Her frown deepened when she stumbled upon a page in the middle of the book. There was a black and white drawing of a woman wearing a Kimono. She wasn't just a woman, Mai concluded. She was a goddess. Her face, which Mai finds herself strangely attracted and glued to, was gorgeous. Feline eyes. Well-defined cheekbones. The way her hair framed her face…
The sheer beauty of this mysterious woman took Mai aback. She felt a stirring in her to touch the picture – which she eventually did and surprised her. She has never wanted to touch a drawing that much before. It was as though the book is alive and calling out for her to touch it. Mai snapped the book shut. Then she strides over to where her new agey friend sat.
Holding the book in her hand, Mai questioned, "What is this book?"
Tomoe was annoyed. She unwillingly opened her eyes to see Mai standing within her tranquility space holding an A4 sized old leather bound book. She squinted. "It's The Kyoto Fantasy Lover."
"Well, what is it? It's definitely not a normal book. All I saw was a picture of this goddess in the middle."
"It's Shizuru of Kyoto."
"Who is she?"
"It's Shizuru of Kyoto," Tomoe repeated walking over to where Mai stood. "A Japanese princess cursed and trapped inside this book for thousands of years-"
"How depressing," Mai quipped.
"Only free to live as a human being when summoned. For thousands of years people had freed her temporarily when they were in need of a companion, a lover, someone that will cherish you, bring pleasure that would make your toes curl." Mai watched on amusedly at the orgasmic expressions Tomoe showed on her face.
"So she's real?"
"Yeah."
"Have you tried summoning her?" Mai inquired.
"No. This book just arrive. But believe me, that thought has crossed my mind. However, there's Nao and I could just get pleasure from her."
"So why is she cursed anyway?"
"Well apparently according to Kyoto myths, Shizuru has scorned a lot of women during her human days. See, women hate her because most of their husbands or companions fled from them in the attempt to consummate their love with Shizuru."
"Ooh…"
"So, these scorned women pretty much formed a party and then managed to convince one of the Gods to curse her."
"But she's innocent," Mai reasoned. "Men fled to her, not the other way round."
"I know. Stupid women and stupid God. To curse a woman for a crime she did not commit."
"Poor girl. Hey! Could you like summon her?"
"I could do that. I can recite the spell," Tomoe grabbed the book from Mai's hand and flipped to the last page. "This is the passage to recite during a full moon, which is in another four days time." Her face contorted. "Why do you want to summon her? A threesome with Tate for a month?"
"What?" Mai gave her friend an incredulous stare. "No! It's not for me, it's for Natsuki."
"Natsuki? How did she get wedged into this…" Tomoe trailed off. Then a realization hit her. "Oh…for Natsuki…"
"Yeah."
"Hmm…it's about time the girl gets some action anyway. Brilliant idea Mai, you're a genius."
"Yeah, yeah, tell me something I don't know. Oh," she just remembered something. Coyly, she lifted her hand in front of Tomoe's face…
"Ahhh!" Both of them squeaked.
"Holy guacamole! You're engaged!"
"I know!"
(Four days later)
Not forgetting her duty as a friend, Natsuki threw Mai a dinner party to celebrate her engagement with Tate. Knowing that it was a nice gesture, she invited all of her friends which contained Mai, Tate, Reito, Mikoto, Tomoe, Nao, Chie and Aoi. The food which she ordered received compliments from everyone at the table, the red and white wine she bought on last minute shopping trip is now less then a quarter full, all in all the dinner party she threw was a success.
"Lovely dinner Natsuki. I enjoyed the food," Reito complimented as the hostess ushered him and Chie and Aoi out of the apartment.
"Yeah well done Kuga! Never knew you're the party animal out of all of us" Joked Chie as Aoi tugged on her shirt, knowing full well if you make of fun Natsuki what will happen.
"It's Okay, Aoi I'm very much used to this by now" Natsuki faked a smile as she reassured the worried girl "Ok have a safe drive home you guys"
"Will do Kiddo" Chie winked at the bluenette, Who is she calling a kiddo? Natsuki's eyebrow twitched. As she watch them walk down the corridor before finally giving them a wave as the entered the elevator.
"I'm beat" she whined, pulling off the black high heels she was forced to wear for the past two and half hours, she threw herself on the couch, as Mai and Tomoe joined momentarily afterwards, letting out huge sighs as their bodies hit the comfy texture of the sofa.
"Thank you for throwing me this dinner party Natsuki. Seriously you didn't have to."
"Don't be silly Mai, this is your engagement and we should celebrate this special occasion. Anyways it was an excuse to have a dinner party," Natsuki lips tugged crookedly. "You know how much I love those." She remarked a bit sarcastically.
Tomoe cleared her throat. "Mai, have you forgotten about the present you're suppose to hand to this lovely hostess?"
"The present," Mai blurted, wide-eyed.
"The present," Tomoe echoed as Natsuki watched on clueless about what was happening. She wrinkled her brows when Mai stood up and jogged across the threshold. She observed agog as the busty girl fished out a leather bound book from her blue tote.
Before she could ask what the book was for, Mai questioned, "Are you wearing that tonight?" Natsuki gazed down at her white button up shirt with black tight pants. She nodded.
"Good" Mai replied "Oh, and put those heels back on," she added.
"Why? It's almost midnight and the party's over…" she trailed off arching her eyebrow. "So…"
"It's almost midnight?" Tomoe sounded exasperated. "Mai we don't have much time left."
"I know!" Mai cried out. She flipped through the book stopping when she saw the drawing of Shizuru.
"Nao!" Tomoe shouted as she and Mikoto stopped talking at the balcony. "Can you hand me the paper," it was more of an order than a request.
Natsuki saw the red-head pull out a sheet of paper from her slacks handing it over to her girlfriend; Mikoto and Tate trailed behind her – now looking eager.
"Is it time?" Mai's gawky fiancé asked.
"What time?" Natsuki was getting very annoyed at her friends' behavior. Something fishy was happening and she concluded that it was something that involves her.
"Natsuki," Tomoe started off. "You have to repeat whatever I am saying."
"Why?" she rose off the couch. "Will somebody tell me what's going on here?" Twirling around, staring at the faces expectantly.
Mai showed the picture of Shizuru to her. "Natsuki meet Shizuru, a Kyoto princess who has been trapped in this book for thousands of years."
Natsuki just stared at her friend as though the busty orange-head has grown a tail on her back.
"It has been three years since you last had sex," Mai stated.
"Four" Natsuki said slightly blushing from embarrassment but she shrugged it off quickly "But who's counting? Wait…" she trailed off "why is it relevant anyway?"
"That's because Shizuru is going to put a stop to that," Tomoe said, as Natsuki grew more and more confused by the second. "She's going to put a stop on your born-again virgin days."
Looking peeved Natsuki demanded, "This has to stop. My born-again virgin days? What possessed your minds to think that I'm a born-again virgin?"
"Because it has been four years since you last had sex," Tate stated the obvious and Nao nodded in agreement.
"You know what your problem is Natsuki?"
The bluenette stared up to the ceiling. "Enlighten me Mai."
"That you don't know how adorable and beautiful you really are. And that you think so lowly about yourself because you allowed a jerk's actions and comments to affect your self-esteem and life. And it bugs me that you're so contented leaving it as it is."
While Natsuki stood dumbfounded by such an uncharacteristic remark, Tomoe took the opportunity to explain who Shizuru was. "Shizuru of Kyoto," Tomoe began. "A Kyoto princess cursed and trapped inside this book for thousands of years, only free to live as a human being when summoned. For thousands of years people had freed her temporarily when they were in need of a companion, a lover, someone that will cherish you, bring pleasure that would make your toes curl," she repeated the exact some sentence that was told to Mai. "According to Japanese myths, Shizuru has scorned a lot of women during her human days. See, women hate her because most of their husbands or companions fled from them in the attempt to consummate their love with Shizuru."
"So basically she's legendary prostitute for free?" Nao asked looking quite bored, her girlfriend just glared at her.
Natsuki bit her lips to hold her laughter. Her friends have gone cuckoo.
"One itty-bitty chant is all I that I could ask for," Mai begged.
Knowing how persistent her friends could be, and knowing they will stop at nothing, she pretended to give in. After all, it could be amusing. "Okay," she let out.
"Yay!" Tomoe grabbed her hand as they headed to the balcony. Once they have reached Mai handed her the opened book.
"Hold this to your chest." Natsuki did. She looked fixedly at the drawing of the woman. She did not know what come over her, but Natsuki was so captivated by her.
She was gorgeous. So perfect and inviting. If only she was real and not merely a drawing, Natsuki thought. Already she has thoughts of naughty things she would allow the chestnut haired goddess do to her. She blushed furiously at her own thoughts.
Maybe it was the alcohol talking but Natsuki found herself cuddling the book close to her. "Baby, baby, baby…you make me so hot and so horny. Hey, that rhymed." She let out a giggled while Tomoe looked pissed.
"Don't mock," she reprimanded. "This is serious! Shizuru can hear whatever we are saying." Natsuki howled. Mai can't help it, but a chuckle escaped her lips.
"Now repeat after me," Tomoe began. "From the powers bestowed upon me…"
"From the powers bestowed upon me," Natsuki repeated.
"I beseech thee, Shizuru of Kyoto…"
"I beseech thee, Shizuru of Kyoto…"
"Come ease my aching loins…"
Natsuki wagged her eyebrows. "Come ease my aching loins…"
"Oh Shizuru of Kyoto, Shizuru of Kyoto, Shizuru of Kyoto…"
Natsuki recited "Shizuru of Kyoto, Shizuru of Kyoto, Shizuru of Kyoto."
Then she waited expectantly for Tomoe to say something else.
"That's it"
"That's it?" Natsuki furrowed her brows "that easy?"
"What did you think was going to happened?"
"I dunno, pronounce some difficult words that I've never heard of?" Natsuki offered lamely.
"It's the 21st century Natsuki."
Tate looked around, waiting for something weird to happen. Like rustled of the dry leaves. Or, a roar of a thunder followed by a lightning. Maybe a veil of mist covering the surrounding area. But nothing. Nothing weird happened.
"Now what?" Tate piped.
"Now we wait," Tomoe answered.
And an hour later, they still waited.
And waited.
And waited.
(Three hours later)
After literally forcing her friends out of her apartment, Natsuki went about cleaning the dishes. She chuckled at the events that occurred just hours ago. She knew Tomoe was all new agey and into Japanese mythology and stuff, but she did not aspect Mai, and the rest to go along with it.
She turned to stare at the book lying on the coffee table. Tomoe has insisted that she kept the book because Shizuru was about to pop out soon, her lips tugged into a lopsided grin at that silly thought. Natsuki smothered the yawn that has escaped from her lips, covering it with her hand. Placing the dishes aside to dry, the bluenette padded sleepily to her bedroom. She got out of her clothes, which Mai urged she wear and changed into comfortable black boxers and white tee. She lay down covering herself with the comforter, falling for the much-needed rest.
(In the morning)
Mmm… this is so soft, Natsuki purred as she began to stir from her oh-so wonderful slumber, it's almost like silk… wait silk? Eehh? I never bought silk sheets before! She frowned further more still her eyes closed as she felt a hand ran up her hair, maybe I'm dreaming! Yeah I'm probably still dreaming, but then Natsuki heard a soft giggle which this time made her open her eyes.
The moment she opened them, hers laid upon unusual crimson ones looking down at her, she then realized she was laying her head on someone's lap, she panicked!
"Gaaahhh!"
As she quickly removed her head from upon the stranger's lap and sat up… Natsuki then noticed the stranger's features which were not very strange anymore.
"What the…?"
Shizuru of Kyoto is in bedroom! On her bed with a confused expression on her beautiful face.
Shizuru was real
Shizuru was not a drawing
Shizuru was summoned
"By yours truly," she mumbled. Natsuki swallowed an invisible lump in her throat. She stood in the spot not knowing what to do. It was then she heard…
"Mistress" The chestnut-haired goddess, her voice was throaty, and alluring
"M-Mistress?" Natsuki managed feebly. She waved her hand lamely as she backed away slowly still on kneeling position on the bed.
Since the drawing was black and white, Natsuki now noticed how very unusual those crimson rubies for eyes were. She has never in her life seen eyes as enticing as Shizuru's. The Chestnut haired goddess was excruciatingly ravishing.
Shizuru's lips itched to a smile as her eyes swept over the woman that had summon her. Her Dark raven hair accompanied her skin tone well. She spotted the luscious lips, licking her own at the thought of tasting it. Her legs. It went on endlessly. She was lucky this time around. Her mistress was beguiling. Regardless of her looks, Shizuru knew she only existed to pleasure her. And she intended to do just that.
Shizuru started crawling on four towards Natsuki, having a smirk tugging at her lips.
Oh no, oh no, oh no… Natsuki thought wide-eyed.
Shizuru sat right in front of the bluenette, their faces were inches apart.
Shizuru stared at the latter's face that was flaming with what looked like a dark shade of red. She could not wait to see. She could not wait to touch. She reached out to cup the bluenette's cheeks, her thumbs gently massaging the smooth skin.
When Shizuru touched her, Natsuki quivered. She had longed to be embraced like that. To finally feel it, she was in cloud nine. Before she knew it, the chestnut haired princess's lips descend on her own. She moaned in response. Savoring the taste of Shizuru's lips. Her lips parted beneath Shizuru's, welcoming her and inviting her in, Shizuru's arms came around to lightly grip her waist. Natsuki felt light-headed just from kissing Shizuru. In her own accord, her arms came up to twine around the goddess' neck, drawing her nearer.
Shizuru's hands roamed her mistress' back before moving forward, down a tingling path towards the bluenette's inner thighs. Natsuki gasped, grudgingly she snapped backwards and away from the chestnut haired goddess's touch.
Shizuru frowned. Not expecting her mistress to react like that. She wondered if she has done something wrong. After all, it has been a century since she was last summoned. Maybe, her technique was faulty.
"Did I do something wrong Mistress?" she questioned.
(Chapter 2 has been deleted so i added the second chapter to this one!)
Ch.2
Shizuru of Kyoto
"Did I do something wrong Mistress?" she questioned.
Natsuki was taken aback by what came out of the fair woman's mouth. Her voice sounded dejected. Natsuki knew her actions had hurt Shizuru's feelings. She did not mean for it to happen, it was not intentional on her part to cause the light brunette any distress. She merely wanted to stop herself from making a mistake of having sex with someone she barely knew. Granted from what Tomoe had explained, she knew whom Shizuru was and what was expected of the Kyoto princess to do when summoned, but somehow the thought of having Shizuru be obliged to have sex with her, makes her ill. Shizuru should not be compelled to give her whoopee just because the clause in the contract stated so. It was just wrong. That was not lovemaking should be. And it wasn't because she did not want to be pleasured by Shizuru– Natsuki desperately wants to, something about the light brunette's touch ignited a desire she has not felt before. Not even with Takeda.
"No," she began cautiously. "It's not you, it's me." Somehow that only made the princess who stood before her even more confused. "I don't think it's right for you to just…you know, give me a happy just because you have to." Natsuki studied Shizuru's face – the light brunette seductress was still perplexed. "That came out wrong, I didn't do a good job in explaining why I don't want the thing that was about to happen between the two of us to continue," she blabbered. "…It's not right. You know what I mean?" Natsuki did not wait for an answer. "You should only make love to me when you really want to not when you're just been summoned to do." She blushed a lovely shade of red as she voiced her thoughts.
Shizuru's frown deepened. She has not fully understood what her mistress meant. Shizuru did not know what 'give me a happy' was supposed to mean and it only puzzled her more that her mistress was talking very fast. The only thing she understood was, her mistress felt she should only make love willingly and not be forced to. It still did not make any sense why her mistress summoned for her in the first place if she does not want to be pleasured.
"I'm sorry mistress-"
Natsuki cut her off. "Can you not call me mistress? It's just weird." She laughed uncomfortably at the end only to receive a questioning stare from the goddess.
"How do you want me to address you then?"
"Natsuki would be fine," she answered. "My friends call me pup or mutt because I like canines, my sister calls me Na-chan. My father doesn't address me by my name at all, because I don't have a father and I have just realized that I have been babbling and probably should have stopped long time ago since I've gotten off topic because you probably don't care what my family and friends call me anyway but…yeah! Yeah! You can address me by my name – Natsuki." She sucks in a breath when she has finally stopped yammering like an idiot. Then she let out a chuckle, scratching her head. "And I've just realized we have yet to introduce ourselves properly because we were busy getting…" she trailed off thinking for a proper word. "…Acquainted with each other. I'm Natsuki Kuga…hi." She finished off lamely.
This mistress was different and strange. Throughout the years, her masters and mistresses have all waited by the book, eagerly anticipating her. And when she finally appeared, they immediately demanded her to pleasure them.
But not this one.
This one was peculiar. Her latest mistress simply abandoned the book, and when she arose, her mistress did not want to be pleasured. And this mistress appeared jittery and talked too fast – she had a hard time comprehending whatever was being said.
This one was confusing.
"I see," she said attentively. "If Natsuki don't want to be pleasured by me, then why did she summon me? I do not understand."
"I didn't even really want to summon you." Natsuki chastised herself for sounding too brusque. "I'm sorry, let me clarify…I did not have any intentions to call you. It's my friends…they're stubborn. They forced me to chant your name and I simply went along with it to amuse them. I didn't know you're real real…you know?"
Shizuru appeared pensive. Then she nodded, acknowledging what her mistress has said. "I understand."
"You do?" Natsuki was not expecting that.
"Yes. Natsuki thought I was just a mere drawing. And she did not expect me to appear and exist in this World as a human."
"Yeah…" Natsuki dragged. "So are we cool?"
"Cool?" Shizuru questioned.
"Oh, I'm sorry. My bad…what I meant are we good? No hard feelings?"
"Yes…we are cool…"
Natsuki did a double take when Shizuru used the word – cool. She saw the light brunette goddess smirked.
"I'm a quick learner."
The blunette grinned lopsidedly. "I reckon you are."
Silence bestowed upon them before Natsuki thought she should break the uncomfortable lull.
"So, what do you want to do?"
Shizuru shrugged. "What does Natsuki normally do?"
(An hour later)
She held the phone close to her ear as she waited for Mai to answer but all she heard was the beep sound. Figuring that her friend was either distracted by feeding her human pet, Mikoto or she was at her part-time as a chef.
"Hi, if I've not answered this call it means I'm either out or if it way past midnight, I am asleep. Which brings me to a question – what the heck are you calling at such ungodly hour for? Get a life. So leave a message after the beep."
Natsuki breathed in. "Mai, it's me Nastuki. Uhm…" she trailed off eliciting a nervous laugh. "Shizuru is here. Yeah. The chant worked and now she's with me. Ahh…I'm guessing you're thrilled by this news. So yeah, goodnight." She pressed the end call option as she emitted a sigh.
The blunette saw a womanly figure sitting on a golden bench in the center of a herb/flower garden, gazing off to the water lilies that swayed swiftly in the small pond near her.
She made her way to Shizuru noticing the Kyoto princess' fingertips playing with a rose petal. She sat next herself to the light brunette.
"Thanks for showing me this place, Natsuki" Shizuru voice, she turned to glance at her mistress; a small smile appeared on her face.
"It's not a big deal, it also gives me an excuse to come here myself, you see it's my mother's garden she used to take care of it, it was her favorite thing to do besides working in the lab… after she passed away I took this place into my care and vowed to keep it alive for the sake of my mother's memory"
Shizuru stared at her mistress amazed; the saddened smile itched on her features. She reached for the blunette's hand and grasped it tightly earning a blush from the latter.
"No, thank you Natsuki." Then her face turned solemn. "It has been quite a while since I've seen the nature, hear the rustling sound of the wind, be able to touch the flowers, stare at the pond and trees…" she trailed off. "Usually, when I'm being summoned, my former masters and mistresses just permit me to lodge in their homes, usually in a small quarter. I never had the luxury of going out…so thank you."
Hearing what the light brunette said made her feel for Shizuru. She could not fathom how the princess had led her life for centuries stuck in a room. Or book. If it were her, she would probably go insane. She didn't know what possessed her mind, but Natsuki gave her a tiny squeeze. "Well, things are going to be different. It's not the way I roll, I'm unlike your other masters and mistresses," she waved her hand absently.
Shizuru smirked. "Very, very different," she added. She gaze down to see their fingers intertwined. No one has done this simple gesture to her before. She welcomed the change. "And cool."
Natsuki smiled crookedly. "I'm not going to let you be stuck in a room all day long, we're are going to do things together, chill out at the beach, we're going to go shopping and do a lot of fun stuff."
"What is shopping? And I don't understand what you meant by fun stuff?"
"Oh, shopping is…" she wrecked her brain to come up with a better explanation. "…It is purchasing…goods. But goods that woman can use to beautify ourselves." Shizuru acknowledged with a nod. "And fun stuff is activities that people do with friends – just…uh, for example, going to parties, visiting bars and outdoor activities-"
"Oh, so that is what fun stuff is means," Shizuru piped in. "It has been a long time since I have done…fun stuff." She smiled, bashful.
Natsuki found the light brunette to be utterly endearing. "So you like doing fun stuff?"
"Yes, I was a princess," Shizuru offered. "But sometimes it's good to test your boundaries"
Natsuki chuckled, but she couldn't stop the yawn from escaping her lips. "Natsuki is tired?" the light brunette mused "but I remember her sleeping very comfortably last night." Shizuru teased earning a blush. "Does Natsuki want to mirror our positions from before?" she smirked.
Natsuki looked beyond embarrassed as she waved her arms dismissively, "No. I'm fine!"
"Are you sure? But Natsuki looks to tired… I suggest she lays down over here" she patted her lap while looking so inviting that Natsuki couldn't refuse.
"Natsuki?"
"Hmm"
"Are going to ride your bike soon?"
A lazy smile appeared on her face as she recalled the brunette's reactions upon seeing the bikefor the first time. She was so fascinated that something heavy and made of metal could possibly move.
"Yes, why?"
"I cannot wait for that, I find it so amusing."
"Well, maybe sometime later I could teach you how do drive it."
"Oh," Shizuru sounded enthusiastic. At that moment it dawned on her. She only had a mere twenty-eight days left. It is useless to learn driving from her mistress if she would never have the chance to drive again.
(The next day)
Her gaze feasted on Shizuru's face. It was after all the face that would make Aphrodite (the goddess of beauty, fertility and sexual love) envious of the beauty of Shizuru; she has never been drawn to a woman as much as she was then. Well besides Nao. Tentatively, Tomoe reached out and placed a hand on Shizuru's shoulder. She gasped when it felt solid. "Holy..."
Shizuru's lips curled into a half-hearted smile as she watched the young woman's reaction. "Ara…I am real. I would not evaporate if you touch me. And your mind is not playing a trick on you," she teased as she gave a wink to the green-haired woman.
Tomoe's jaw slacked even further. "You have a sense of humor." She turned to the other friends. "She has a sense of humor." Then she clasped her hands together.
Natsuki shook her head watching Tomoe. She pitied Shizuru. Natsuki sent the light brunette a smile, after which she mouthed 'I'm sorry.'
"Tomoe stop being such a fangirl," Mai rebuked. Then she faced Shizuru. "Shiz I am so sorry for bringing Tomoe along. I didn't know she was going to be like some awestruck fan."
Shizuru furrowed her brows. "Did you just addressed me as Shiz?"
"Oh." Mai realized what she said. "My mistake. Sorry, it just slip y'know-"
"You don't need to be sorry," Shizuru cut in. "I am fond of that name."
"You are? Really?" She received a nod from the light brunette. "Cool. Hey Natsuki! Shiz is way cooler that what I've expected. She's good in my books." She faced the light brunette. "You're cool. I approved you for Natsuki. We're good."
Tate gaped at the goddess in front of him in awe. From the drawing, he conclude the light brunette goddess was pleasing to the eyes. But now staring at her, Shizuru's beauty surpassed his expectations. Her face was alluring. Her skin practically glowed. Her accent was glorious and her voice was like a soothing caress. Mai who? He thought.
"She's real," he muttered.
"She is real," Nao said absently.
"Yuuchi, get with the program. We've established that and stop acting all spazzy," Mai remarked. "That is so uncool."
"It is nice to have your acquaintance Tate-San," Shizuru uttered.
"Haa…ha…she said my name." Mai rolled her eyes annoyed at her fiancé's antics. "Welcome to planet Earth. Population 6.75 billion. You're currently in Tokyo, Japan."
"Geek much?" Mai commented.
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