It's definitely been a while since I last visited this place. It's been nearly six months since I've last been here. Oh well, at least I've brought along a new story. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

DISCLAIMER: Dude, I don't own the Mai-HiME/Otome franchises. Nor do I own any of the guest characters. Although it would be nice if I did, I would place Mai-HiME Destiny more into the spotlight.

STORY RATING: This fanfic is rated PG-13/T for teens due to comic mischief, strong language, action violence, and sexual innuendo. Don't say I didn't told you so and enjoy.

MAI-HiME

LITTLE RED RIDING NAO

PROLOGUE

It's The Prologue, Man!

Ah... the great land of Fuuka. It's the home of the recent vixens known as the Battle Princesses, Fuuka Academy, and countless Fujino fangirls. It's the milieu of the infamous HiME conflicts. It's the melting pot of many Mai-HiME fanfictions. Fuuka's the place where Sunrise should have kept their focus on. It's the place where pedophiles get their asses beaten and robbed by a devious redhead. And speaking of said devious redhead...

"Hey Juliet. Come over here and check this out," some soon to be unfortunate college guy said.

'Juliet' waltzed into the scene. She was a pretty little thing -- standing at five feet two inches tall with a svelte body to boot. "What's up, Koji?" Juliet asked with a flip of her long black hair. And get this, she has a beauty mark on her left cheek. She was surely the envy of girls at Fuuka Mall this evening.

"The missing people board," Koji replied with an arrogant snort. "Wouldn't you believe that there are this many people missing? I mean, duh! Maybe they don't want to be found in the first place. Haven't anyone ever thought of that?"

"How can you say that, Koji-kun?" Juliet said sweetly. Deep down inside, referring her date as 'Koji-kun' left a nasty taste in her mouth. "That was pretty mean of you, ya'know."

"Well... anyway, who really gives a damn?" He remarked, being a total asshole. He glanced over to his date, Juliet the trophy girl. He really liked her getup: a simple white sailor-like blouse with a red bow complete with a questionable short forest green pleated skirt. Koji leered at those long legs of hers. "Got-damn you're hot," he remarked. "You're like a... you're... like a much sexier version of Kagome Higurashi."

Did this asshole just say I look like an anime character? What a freakin' loser! "Oh Koji-kun..." Juliet gave her date a playful shove along with a girlish guffaw. "You're so bad."

What this jackass says next ultimately sealed his fate. "C'mon babe, let's get a room at the nearest love motel." He suggested. "Don't be scared, girl. Be my Bust It Baby."

Alright, you wannabe thug. Now you're making references to a Pliers' single. Don't make this night more worse than it already is. "Tee hee. Oh, Koji-kun, stop being such a naughty boy."

"C'mon girl, stop playing. The night is young." Koji slipped his arm around Juliet's waist. "You're going to love this place. We're bound to have lots of fun there."

Nao-- I mean, Juliet narrowed her eyes dangerously. Ooh, I can't wait to beat your dumb-ass up when we get to that motel.

MY-HiME

Elsewhere at Fuuka Police Department, it seems we've stumble upon a heated argument in the chief of police's office. For those that are allergic to strong and pervasive language, you may want to omit this part. It may hover on that thin line between a T and M rated fic. Don't say I didn't warn you.

"Got-damn, Haruka! Who told you to shoot that crook in the legs after your crazy ass damn near beat an inch of his shitty lowdown life, huh? Don't you know we going to have a court case about this shit?"

The buxom detective mean-mugged her superior. "Shove it up your ass, chief. I did what hade to be done. Sakomizu here wasn't doing a damn thing."

"Hey!" The said fat guy yelped.

"You did what had to be done!?" The chief screeched. "Motherfucka, the guy wasn't even armed with a gun. Why did you have to amputate him? You manhandled him! He was no longer a threat!"

"Ma'am, he was a threat." Haruka replied. "He's the women's undergarment thief. I had to make him pay. Why, he had stolen a couple of my favorite pairs of panties."

"And my training bra..." Sakomizu muttered sheepishly, earning weird looks from Haruka and the chief.

"Shit. That's what you get for having a nice pair of man-boobs." The chief remarked. Haruka snorted in laughter. "What the hell are you laughing about? Don't you know you just fucked up this evening? You know you've fucked up right?"

"Damn chief, I wasn't aware of that." Haruka huffed. "I mean, you're a woman too, right? Doesn't this at least upset you? He steals women's bras and drawers for chrissakes."

"I don't give a damn about that! You wounded a criminal. An unarmed one at that! Don't you know that these bastards damn near have more rights than we cops do? Shit." She took a chomp of her jelly donut. "Yuck! Damn these stale ass donuts."

"Chief, you would care if you really have something to cover up in a bra and..." she noticed that the chief suddenly colored red with even more anger. Unfortunately for the chief, she wasn't blessed with ample breasts and a feminine figure what so ever. "Uh... sorry bout that." Haruka lamented. "I forgot you don't have any titties."

"Screw you," Chief Mashiro squealed. "Not everybody can have a friggin' chick-a-boom body like you, ya chicken-head. Your rack is even bigger than that Tokiha girl."

"Enough about that." Haruka shrugged, changing the subject. "What about the new case that you have for us?"

"Yeah... about that. You know about those ads in the newspapers about the missing people, right?" Mashiro informed and took a sip of Deer Park spring water. Why did it had to be Deer Park spring water? Because the author was thirsty as hell when he wrote this.

Haruka gave her boss's inquiry a little thought before answering it. "Actually, to be honest, I hardy ever pay any attention to them. Why do you ask? I'm assigned to look for someone?"

Sakomizu suddenly piped up with a gasp. "Wait a minute? I think I know what you're talking about."

The little chief propped back on her leather chair. "Yes. There have been numerous reports of missing women lately. What bugs me the most is that the missing people are young women ages sixteen to twenty-four years of age that are disappearing at an alarming rate. Ten women has gone up and missing this week alone."

This was news to Haruka. Her interest now piqued, she wondered "Women my age, huh? Is that right?"

"I didn't stutter." Came the chief's cheeky retort. "Take a look at this." She handed a newspaper article to Haruka. "This is today's paper."

"Hmm..." Haruka surveyed. The missing ad displayed four women. Young. Beautiful. The pattern was all too obvious. "The latest four missing girl."

Sakomizu took a look at the ad and he immediately went red. "Ooh. That girl. The one with the brown hair, I know her. She used to be the weather forecaster on FNC (Fuuka Network Channel) a while back. She's so fine she was the sole reason why countless men watch the news in the first place."

"Wow. That is her." Mashiro realized. "She's missing too?"

Haruka, however, frowned in... condescension. "Her... Of all people." An ominous growl emitted from her and it kind of scared Mashiro and Officer Sakomizu. "I have to look for this girl?"

A bead of sweat appeared on Mashiro's head as she gave the blonde a flat look. "Umm... yeah."

Haruka feigned a cough. "Ahem. So... the great Fujino Shizuru is missing?" She said darkly. "She's missing. I simply cannot believe this. There is a flaw in that girl after all."

"What's up with you?" Mashiro and Sakomizu chorused simultaneously.

"My lifelong rival is missing..." Haruka seemed forlorn for a moment. To her, this may be a blessing in disguise. "God truly works in mysterious ways."

"Hello!" Mashiro pointed at the ad furiously. "What about the other three? There are others besides her, you know. Akane Higurashi, Akari Kouda, Mai Tokiha -- you do know they're MIA too, don't you?" The chief was suddenly lifted off of her chair and was gazing Haruka directly in her eyes. "Hey, what the hell are you doing?"

"I'm in. I'll do it!" Haruka confirmed, shaking the little chief in her hands as she spoke. "I'll find Shizuru and the missing women and relish the look of helplessness on her face. She'll know her weakness and realize that she's not perfect once I rescue her. The glory days are long gone."

"Hey, that's all well and good, but could you put me down." Mashiro commanded and Haruka did as told. "That's better. Now before I forget, Officer Kikukawa will be joining you on this assignment."

Haruka was a tad surprise to hear this. Yukino was an old friend of hers but she was relatively new on the force. "Yukino? Why her? She's a rookie. She's not ready for something like this yet."

"She's ready when I say she is," a smirk was on the chief's face. "That's all for the briefing. Dismissed. Ass out. You don't have to go home but you gotta get the hell up out of here."

Haruka pouted. Shit happens.

MY/MAI-HiME

"Dude. What happened to all the money that you claim you got when you first met me?" Nao wondered, leafing through a few bills in her 'date's' wallet. "I guess paying for this cheap motel room really crippled your budget, huh?"

"Mmmrf. Uurrf!" Her victim replied. His was tied up like a rodeo calf.

"Ooh! Koji!" Nao feign surprise. "You sound pissed. Are you alright?"

The man in bondage moaned.

"I guess I'm not a nice girl, huh? Well look who's talking. You're a college student and I'm sixteen. You knew that already but you didn't gave a damn." Nao lectured. "Damn, boy. You're a fine one to cast stones. Something's bound to happen to you if you keep doing what you're doing anyway."

"Biiitcf!" The statutory rapist muffled helplessly and earned a flying shoe to his head. He groaned in pain after the sudden impact.

"I'm a bitch now?" Nao asked him while dusting off her hands. "Nah ah uh. That's a pretty filthy word coming from your pretty mouth, little boy. You're throwing a tantrum because things are not going your way. You'll be lying to yourself if you call yourself a man."

"Augh..." Came a pitiful groan of defeat.

"Uh-huh. I bet that you'll think twice before messing with underage schoolgirls again." Nao crossed her arms over her chest. "Let this be a punishment... Koji-kun." She had to go there. "I'm going to leave you here in this room all by yourself-- tied up and all." A wicked smile made an appearance on her face. "Heh heh. It's to bad that you can't answer to the call of duty when that urge arise." She made an extremely lewd gesture with her right hand... and we all should know what the said gesture meant.

Koji started crying like a little punk.

"I left a note on the room door that will let the people know what kind of a creep you are." Nao went to the nearest window and opened it. "Well, I'm off. It was certainly nice meeting you, baby-boo." She blew the prick a kiss and laughed mischievously as she climbed out the window. Once she was on the stairwell, she removed her black wig and the fake mole. She placed them in her backpack. Looks like he doesn't have anything to do with missing girls, she thought. He's still a creep though. He actually thought that he was cool. I sure burst his bubble.

The redhead did a cool somersault off the stairwell and gracefully landed on her feet on the paved alley. She glanced at her wristwatch. 10:19. It's later than I thought it was. Taking care of that statutory pervert took longer than I thought. Well, I better get going.

"Hey babe, you need a ride?" A guy in a gas-guzzling ass Lincoln Navigator cooed. He just so happens to spot Nao in the alley. "Fine little things like you shouldn't be wandering alone this time of night."

Nao smiled darkly. Another one bites the dust. Mustering the cutest look as she could, she turned to face the driver. "Why, yes. Thank you, sir." She replied in a very sweet voice. "I do believe that I'm definitely lost."

The driver licked his lips when he caught a glimpse of Nao's underwear as she spun around. "Well... I'm certainly glad that I ran into you this evening, girl. Who knows what kinds of things would happen to girls out here on these streets. Let me take good care of you."

Bitch. You're the one that's going to get taken care of. "Oh my." Nao giggled. "You seem like a good man. Please take good care of me, mister." She started towards the SUV.

"Ooh, I definitely will, babe." The driver grinned. "I'll definitely will."

It's a little sad. The driver absolutely didn't know who he was fucking with. And with that, ends the prologue.

END OF PROLOGUE

NEXT CHAPTER:

Shizuru makes her appearances in the story. Surely many people are glad to hear that tidbit. She makes her appearance all right... as a damsel in distress. Meanwhile, the culprit of the kidnapped women makes an appearance as well. And no, it's not the guy in the Navigator. Plus, Nao assumes the famous red hood. Tune in next time.

CHAPTER ONE

THE AKAZUKIN

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