Okay, so I've rewritten this chapter just because I was finding it really annoying, so I need to get back to work on my other chapters now, so just hope you enjoy the update and everything =D. This story does also take part after the Mai Hime series was finished and about a year after it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Mai Hime, or the characters used, but I do own the story =D

Chapter 1 – Complications

One week ago

One week ago, a beautiful young brunette haired woman stepped onto a train that would whisk her away back home, all the way back to Kyoto. Away from her love, the incredible cobalt haired beauty, who was standing on the station platform? She stood there waving the brunette off, while the brunette stood inside looking sadly out of the window, at the woman she had to leave behind. The blue haired woman continued waving as the train began to move off the station, secretly struggling to hold back the emotions that were flowing through her brain.

This was the right thing to do, wasn't it? The brunette thought to herself as she waved at the blue haired woman standing on the platform. Doing this is right, it was the best thing her…and for me. Then, why do I feel so bad? Sure, I didn't want to leave Natsuki…and I absolutely did not wish to return home. Then, why in the hell am I doing this? Why am I leaving? Is the pain I feel? Pain which I feel everytime I'm with Natsuki, but it wasn't being with Natsuki. It was the pain of not being able to have her. The very thing I wanted most in this world, was staring me in the face and I could not obtain it. Was it not that, that made me make this decision? God! Why was life so complicated?

Any onlooker on the train would've seen the brunette sitting, waiting, watching the world fly by, and she gazed out of the window with a perfectly placed mask on her face. The woman looked serine sitting there quietly, watching every different scene go on past as the train travelled on its set path. However, no onlooker could know about the thoughts which developed in this young lady's mind, while she sat there all alone, left there alone with her own thoughts to keep her company.

Present Day

The Sakura trees swayed gently as a small breeze caught their branches; eventually the pale pink leaves followed the breeze. Dancing on the wind the small leaves were found drifting with the wind, up a path leading to a practically large complex building at the very end of the path.

A building known as Fuuka Academy.

If anyone walking past the Academy would actually take a moment to gaze at the dazzling building, they would have noticed a young lady with incredible blue hair staring mournfully out of one of the top windows of the academy.

The beautiful lady herself looked fairly lost, whether she was lost in her own thoughts or generally in life, was anyone's guess. However, for those who knew Natsuki Kuga personally had realized that something was defiantly wrong with her, her calm and cold demeanor had been wavering for a while now, replaced only with sigh and pained expressions.

Figuring out that something was wrong, was the one easy part, but figuring out exactly what was wrong was a whole other matter. Only one person knew what was wrong with Natsuki and that was Natsuki herself, but whether anyone else was going to be able to figure that out was another thing.

Natsuki's PV

Man, this guy can talk, all he says if 'Blah, Blah, Blah' none of it makes any sense, school was as I believe it the most boring place on the planet, with Shizuru gone… Ah Shizuru, I really do miss you, you kept me out of trouble. I guess it would help if I was able to concentrate on the work; it wasn't as if I did it in the first place, but that's beside the point. Because, at the moment there were other things on my min. I sat there in my seat, trying to concentrate on the subject in front of me, but my mind kept wondering onto all the different problems that I have to face in my life.

One of which was the fact that since Shizuru left for Kyoto a week ago, I have never felt so lonely in my life, even considering everything I've been through before nothing compares to the way I feel now. Another one of my problems is that I have been unable to go at least five minutes without thinking of Shizuru, but that isn't what was worrying me, what was worrying me however, was the fact that I have no idea why I can't get her out of my head.

My emotions keep getting the better of me, my heart starts to race whenever I hear someone say her name, I get butterflies in my stomach just by thing about her, I've even been getting embarrassed when someone asks me how she is. Why am I missing her so much? Why am I so worried about her? I know she can take care of herself, I mean considering what she did in the carnival, so why do I keep worrying like this? I hate to think about it, but I have to admit that it was kind of sweet what Shizuru did for me…...wait...sweet?...Shizuru killed people for me, how could I see that as sweet? Well, she was trying to protect me, my mother was the only other person who had ever done anything to try and protect me before.

The bell had started to ring interrupting my thoughts, as it indicated that it was time for me to leave and to be honest, I more than welcomed it. I believe I was actually the first person to bolt out of the door, which when I think about isn't that big of a surprise considering how much I exercise and hate school, I'd do anything for the school year to be over already.

As, I walked more like ran out of school, I pondered on whether to go home or whether I should just drive around for a while instead, either way I'd still be alone, left with my thoughts. On the one hand if I went home I would be able to eat mayo, but if I go riding I can continue my trail of thought, which could be useful, eating always did make my thoughts stray somewhat.

In the end, riding around was my only option, I rode up into the mountains to sort out my thoughts, riding through the mountains always allowed me to think, I literally used to live up here before the whole Hime problem blew out of proportions.

For some reason I had been going up to the mountains a lot lately, I felt like I had this big gapping hole in the middle of my chest were my heart is, or where it used to be. Ever since Shizuru left I've been feeling lonelier than usual, even everyone around me, I just can't believe she left. Why the hell did she have to go? Why do I feel so lonely without her? I mean, I have Mai, Mikoto and even Nao (although we never stop arguing), so I shouldn't feel lonely at all. So, why do I feel this way?

I pulled up outside a small forest which lay at the top of the mountains; I came here regularly when I needed to go think things through.

When I think about it Shizuru was my best friend, so it was only natural for me to miss her, but why do I have a gap where my heart used to be? I shouldn't be feeling this way, I really need to figure this out before I go home.

An hour later

I keep second guessing myself, when I say I can't be in love with Shizuru, something in my mind says why not? Maybe this means I am in love with Shizuru, but how would I even know. I guess it can't be all that bad, I'd rather be with Shizuru than with some of the guys that go to my school, there all bloody perverts. That sounds terrible, it doesn't mean that I wouldn't be with Shizuru just as an excuse; I would to be with her because I like her.

Oh my god, what the hell am I saying? Well, yeah the guys at my school are all pervert, but that's not the point I just admitted that I didn't mind being in love with Shizuru, maybe I do love Shizuru then.

Wait; did I just admit that that I love her again? My thoughts seem to be going round in circles.

Somewhere off in the distance, near the middle of Kyoto, a beautiful brown haired woman sat reading a book, as she was about to turn the page a sneeze erupted from her delicate nose. "Ara, what's going on? Why do I keep sneezing so frequently? Somebody had better not be talking about me, I don't mind too much, so long as it's not silly fan girls" Shizuru sat there in her room, quietly cursing her fan girls.

If only she knew the truth of the matter, maybe then she might be happier about sneezing so much.

Okay so that's the end of the revamped chapter one I've only added like 500 words but I'm hoping it makes it flow a little bit better. Anyway, thanks for reading, the writing does get better in later chapters R&R please ^^