Finally a Mai-Hime fanfic! I couldn't think of any before but a good idea just popped into my mind! Here it is! It happened after the HIME carnival. I don't own Mai-Hime! Inspired by this image and the words in it and this song.

. /-T5S5nIkCygQ/TckXBFkVYII/AAAAAAAAAT4/XUXSWZCerWQ/s1600/sad%2Banime%2Bgirl%2Bin%2Bthe%2Brain% (The girl looked a bit like Natsuki)

watch?v=DR4d1jN6OZc (The music itself was touching but with the picture it was the best song I've ever heard in a long time.)

Class was boring as usual. Natsuki looked out of the window feeling bored and not paying attention to the teacher. She was naturally smart so she doesn't have any problems with exams. Her only problem was her attendance. She knew she would have to stay back for a year if she was absent for too many days. She had to stay back for one year before because of an accident and she definitely don't want to stay back for another year but this lesson was just too boring! The teacher just went on talking and talking non-stop. She had enough of boredom already. She took her bag and stood up. Immediately, everyone in the class turned and looked at her. She walked towards the door. Whispers and mumbling could be heard in the class. As Natsuki opened the door, the teacher stopped, or rather, tried to stop her.

"Umm…Kuga-san, where are you going to? Class has not ended."

"I'm going somewhere where boredom wouldn't strike me." Natsuki said before leaving. As she walked towards the student council room, she sighed as she remembered the HIME carnival. After the HIME carnival, Nao's mother continued recovering in the hospital, Nao stopped going after boys, Mai and Tate started going out, Shiho started supporting their relationship, Yukariko started dating Ishigami, in which they got married after that and Yukariko got pregnant, Midori went on adventures with Professor Sasaki and started going out with Yohko, Mikoto still sticks with Mai most of the time, occasionally going out with Nao and Yukino, Yukino started dating Haruka, Akane and Kazuya continued dating, Takumi and Akira started dating, Fumi became the school's new headmistress/administrator and Shizuru and Natsuki also started dating each other. Natsuki thought back to the accident that took her mother's and Duran's life and left her in a coma when she was only 7. Her father left her after that and went off with another woman. When she finally woke up about 11 months later, she heard from the doctor that was in charge of her that her father and his new wife died in another car accident a few days after he left her. It dawned on her after hearing that that she was alone in the world. She became an orphan at the age of 7. She would be sent to the orphanage and be locked up in it after she recovered. She didn't want that, so she escaped from the hospital before the day she was to be discharged. It sent the whole hospital into a panic but when they found her note that she left for them saying that she didn't want to go to an orphanage, they gave up the orphanage idea.

"There's no way that seven-year-old girl would want to go to an orphanage anyway. If she wanted to, we'd laugh." They said. They didn't know that she was listening from a hidden corner in the hospital. A tiny smile appeared on her face. The hospital received a thank you note from her after that. She had a hard time surviving after she left the hospital. She didn't beg for money like others would usually do. No, she decided to live on her own without the help of others. She used whatever money her parents had left to survive. She lived to avenge her mother's death. She still had the apartment that her mother used to live in together with her. The only problem with the apartment was debtors coming to get their money that her parents owe them and the landlord threatening to kick her out if she can't pay the monthly bill. Somehow, she survived through the hard times and got the Kazahana scholarship to Fuuka Gakuen. There, she met Sakomizu and Yamada, who gave her the information she needed. Soon after that, she met Shizuru, who was the first person to befriend her. And for her sake, Shizuru became the student council president so that she could borrow her laptop and use it for finding information.

Natsuki soon reached the student council room. She knocked once and entered. As expected, all of the student council was surprised to see her, even Shizuru.

"Ara, ara. If it isn't Natsuki. Aren't you supposed to be having lessons now? So why are you here?" Shizuru asked.

"It was too boring so I skipped out." Came the reply from the school's biggest delinquent.

"That wasn't a good thing to do, you know?" Shizuru said.

"Yeah, that's right. You've been ditching school for song time now and just when you're absent you decided to hop classes?!" Haruka said.

"It's 'some', 'present' and 'skip', Haruka-chan." Yukino corrected.

"That's what I said!" snapped Haruka. Yukino sighed upon hearing that.

"I know it's not good but come on, his lesson is like it was meant for the first graders." Natsuki complained.

"I know you're smart so it might seem like lessons for the first graders but it is actually the third graders lesson, honey." Shizuru said.

"Oi, Bubuzuke! Don't muse those lobe lords about us! This is a school and not a plate to he romantic!" Haruka shouted.

"It's 'use', 'love', 'words', 'around', 'place' and 'be', Haruka-chan." Yukino corrected again.

"That's what I said!" Haruka snapped again.

"Whatever." Natsuki said after rolling her eyes. Suddenly, the bell rang, signaling that it was time for dismissal.

"Oh, finally. I thought it would never ring. Well, I'll be going home now. Bye." Natsuki said.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Natsuki. Bye." Shizuru said before Natsuki left. Right after Natsuki left, Shizuru felt something. Why do I feel so worried, angry and sad? She thought.

Yes, the last part gave it away. Something is going to happen.