Disclaimer: I do not own Mai HiME...if I did there would be a OVA focused on ShizNat
A/N: Forgive me for any OOC-ness, I haven't written in a while and I've never written Haruka's character...also, I dropped her mispronunciation thing - sorry to any Haruka fangirls/boys that annoys.
To all you ShizNat fans, and the more mild Harukino (is that how it's said?) fans, please don't kill me.
With all that said I give you....
The Loudmouth and the Loner: Chapter One
Staring out of one of the large windows, Natsuki stifled a yawn as she tried to ignore Haruka's tirade. So what if her attendance wasn't meeting requirements? What with the carnival and the First District – the lone Wolf really had better things to worry about. Okay, perhaps going out after curfew wasn't the safest either, but sitting around wouldn't make anyone any safer. Not only that, but Natsuki was positive that she hadn't left evidence when she had broken into school to try and find old paper files.
"I don't understand delinquents like you Kuga-kohai! You can't be bothered to get into school when you should; but then you break curfew to trespass! What is it with people like you? Is your mind so backward that you do everything opposite to how you should!" stormed Haruka, pacing in front of the seated biker, not noticing that Natsuki wasn't paying attention until she failed to hear a response, "Listen to me you felonious villain!"
The blunette looked slowly away from the window, flicking her hair over her shoulder and then glaring into Haruka's eyes – the sort of expression that could make anyone else wet their pants in five seconds flat.
"What did you call me Suzushiro-san?" she asked; her voice little more than a growl as she rose to her feet. Delinquent she may be, but she wasn't a villain – or felonious, whatever that was. Her eyes were like emeralds, cold and hard, but Haruka was unflinching – and perhaps oblivious – in the face of Natsuki's cold fury.
"A felonious villain – you break and enter like a common street thief, which is all you'll be most likely," spat Haruka as she glared right back at the rebel, indignant that Natsuki had the nerve to be upset at anything – the wolf was a rule-breaker and that was all Haruka needed to take into account.
It was all the blunette could do to control herself; she was shaking at Haruka's assumptions – how dare she!
"You don't know anything Suzushiro!" she found herself yelling, taking a step towards Haruka before she was able to still herself, trembling with the effort restraint took.
"I know you skip school; I know that you ride your bike into places no self respecting student would go; I know that you broke into this school last Friday – and I know that you'd have been expelled more than once without that Bubuzuke protecting you!" shouted Haruka, her face going red from anger.
"I never asked her too!" Natsuki roared back, "I never wanted her to either!"
"Then why are you still here?!"
"Because I'm not so different to you!"
Both women were panting, chests heaving as they stood facing each other, faces flushed. The air around them seemed to shimmer with the heat of their fury. Not even an inch separated their faces, their eyes connected with an electric intensity.
"You think you're so much better than me Suzushiro-san – but you're not. Both locked in a constant fight for what we believe in, both searching for some kind of justice in the world," hissed Natsuki, her words biting and harsh. She wanted no sympathy or empathy – but she did want to bring Haruka down to her level.
"You're a delinquent Kuga-san, whatever you're fighting for isn't like what I'm fighting for," barked back Haruka; her eyes aflame that the Bubuzuke's pup would dare make comparisons.
"You're right, it's so much more. I'm a delinquent – so what? I'm an orphan Suzushiro, check your records. I have to fight just to survive – what is it that you have to fight for? Your weekly stipend? Control of your stupid executive board? Justice in a school that couldn't care less? The attention of Shizuru-chan, who you claim to despise so much?" asked Natsuki – her voice deriding and mocking – each word a jab at Haruka and everything she was and everything she stood for.
Haruka was, for once, speechless.
Staring at Natsuki – with no more words to use – she knew that unless she did something the delinquent would have the upper hand.
With her mind at that moment taking a coffee break – and with their face so close – Haruka did the first thing she could to mask her speechlessness.
She kissed Kuga…hard.
The force behind the move knocked Natsuki off balance, and as she started to fall her hands grabbed out for support, finding Haruka's shoulders and bringing the blonde down on top of her – still lip-locked.
Natsuki's head bounced against the hard floor, jolting her out of the kiss Haruka had thrust upon her; though they still remained in quite a compromising position.
Once more their eyes locked – Natsuki's wide with surprise, shock, and more than a little confusion- and Haruka's with much the same expression for only slightly different reasons.
Natsuki was the first to recover, quickly pushing Haruka off of her and standing, "What the hell Suzushiro-san!"
Haruka was still in a daze, lying on the ground where she had been deposited. She could not quite believe what she had just done. She had just given away her first kiss to a delinquent…a delinquent girl…a delinquent girl claimed by the Bubuzuke…
Not looking up, she was once again silenced – though she did not dare make any action to cover it. Instead she searched some word, any word to fill the gap.
"…Mayo Kuga-san?"
Natsuki blushed, "I like it…and hey! That doesn't answer my question baka!"
Ignoring the insult – perhaps still too stunned by her own actions and apparent loss of mind – Haruka looked up…and swiftly looked down again with a red face, rubbing frantically at her nose to make sure it wasn't bleeding. Kuga had the most interesting taste in underwear.
"That skirt has to be shorter than school regulations," she muttered to herself, just loud enough for the biker to hear and blush.
"H-haruka no baka! What's the matter with you?" demanded a red-faced Natsuki, grasping her skirt and pressing it down as she backed up. It was one thing being teased by Shizuru, which was expected with her personality, but having Haruka suddenly act like this was unnerving.
The blonde slowly stood up, "I don't know Natsuki-san," answered the Executive Director; seemingly as unaware as Natsuki that they had slipped into first name usage. It was an entirely unexpected situation – and while Haruka would have expected herself to be disgusted- she couldn't bring herself to call the situation unwelcome.
Looking up at the clock she saw it was getting late. "I don't know what the matter with me is. We are here to discuss your punishment; not to engage in hormonal behaviour. However – the school will close soon," she said, pausing as she saw a look of relief on Natsuki's face.
Clenching her jaw, Haruka refrained from shouting. Yes she could accuse the delinquent of distracting her – but it was Haruka who has launched herself at Natsuki and her pride wouldn't suffer the topic resurfacing.
"That does not mean you will not be punished," she settled on, and then on a whim – one she didn't mean to act upon but couldn't help, "and seeing as you took up so much of my time, we can start on your punishment tonight. Lindem Baum. Tonight. At eight…or else."
With that she turned and left the room…leaving behind a very confused and slightly scared Natsuki.
~Omake~
Shizuru: Ara~ Haruka kissed my Natsuki?
Natsuki: She kissed me?
Haruka: Her breath tastes of mayo?
(Natsuki and Shizuru stare at Haruka)
Haruka: (sweatdrop) I mean...I KISSED THAT DELINQUENT?
(Natsuki and Shizuru stop staring)
(I whistle in background...slowly stopping as the three ladies turn and glare at me)
Jle1993: Ehe...(sweatdrop) FORGIVE ME!!! (turns and runs)