Beautiful Stranger

By CleideJam


Chapter 1: Secret Garden

3rd POV

In a basketball court somewhere in Fuuka...

Another hot and windy afternoon is filled of excitement and joy for the midnight blue-haired girl. She and her favorite redheaded cousin are currently playing a one-on-one basketball game. And at the look of how distorted and tired the redhead's face is, it seems like the newcomer is winning.

"And another three~ points for me! Woo Hoo!" the ebony girl shouts and grins as she expresses how happy, excited and restless she is.

"*huff* *huff* Darn, you really improved a lot, Kruger" the redhead mentions the last name of her cousin, something she does whenever she feels proud and happy.

"Geez, Nao. I just left this country for a few years and you already forgot to take good care of your talent. Come on! Let's do another round, spider!" the other one who is fully enjoying herself replies as she pats her cousin on the back.

"Shut it, Mutt. We need to fix our new apartment, you know. Or else, Uncle Natsu will surely hunt us down for not taking good care of his property" Nao says as if lecturing an elementary student. She wipes away a few trickle of sweat from her face and forehead.

"Eh? Do we really have to do that now? I'm sure dad won't mind. He seems too occupied with his new business that he might have not even noticed that I left Germany already" the grinning ebony and energetic girl replies like an obedient student.

"Wait-what?! Uncle doesn't know that you are here?! Damn! Are you planning to kill me?! NATSUKI!" the naughty redhead quickly shouts like it's the end of the world for her. Well, it will be soon if her Uncle ever finds out about Natsuki leaving Germany.

"Natsume..." Natsuki says bluntly while looking at her cousin.

"What?" Nao quickly retorts, not knowing what her cousin meant.

"Natsume. Natsume Kruger, that is my name here in Japan, Nao. Have you forgotten it already?" Natsuki explains boringly hating the idea that she needs to fake her name just to be able to step out of her territory.

"Oh...right. I forgot since it's been a while ever since I last heard of it. Don't look like that, Mutt. You know it's only for your own safety, Nat-Su-Me" Nao teases while laughing at her cousin who is sending death glares at her.

Natsuki shrugs and makes her way towards her bike. She opens its compartment and takes out a face towel and a bottle of water. After cleaning herself off her sweat, she hungrily drinks her bottle of water.

Nao watches the ebony girl doing her daily ritual after playing a game. She smiles at the thought of Natsuki not changing even after those years that they have not seen each other. She decides to drink her own and walks towards her ride.

"Nao, I'll be heading off somewhere. Go to the apartment and begin hiring a maid or something" Natsuki informs as she says and revvs her bike's monstrous engine.

"*sigh* you never change, do you?" Nao smirks and flips her hair as she walks inside her car which is a maroon with white strips on the side Honda Civic.

"Once a bike addict always a bike addict" the biker ends and wears her black helmet.

After making sure that her Ducati is fully ready, she gives off a final revv and drives off leaving a mountain of smoke on the road. Her cousin smirks at the never changing antics of Natsuki. Then she starts her engine as well and heads off towards their apartment.

"That stupid biker is so stupid" Nao whispers. She knows where her cousin is going though she won't admit it.


Natsuki stops her engine in front of a small restaurant's parking space. She moves off her bike then removes her helmet and gets something wrapped in a newspaper from her compartment. Emerald eyes stare at the object in front of her, and then a small smile plasters her lips. She continues to stare at it until a loud shrieking sound is heard.

The sound brings back Natsuki into the real world and she quickly tries to trace were the sound came from. And not so surprise anymore, she runs towards the small restaurant. Bursting through the glass door and surprising everyone, the midnight blue-haired biker is greeted by two men in black mask hostaging a waitress.

"Whoa...busty..." Natsuki says in a soft whisper after noticing how large the objects, which are with the waitress, are.

Hearing what the teenager said, all of the heads inside the restaurant follows the trail where a pair of emeralds is currently staring. And Indeed! The objects are HUGE and look YUMMY.

"Ohhh..." everyone reacts as they finally get what the teenager means.

The waitress gazes down and notices that Natsuki is actually staring at the two huge and freshly delivered Watermelons on the tray that she is holding. Her lavender irises then gaze at the blunette in a pleading way as if saying that she needs help. Natsuki quickly gets the look that the waitress is giving her so she smiles warmly and nods at the waitress as a sign of confirmation. And the waitress can't help the blushes that appear on her cheeks at the cuteness of the blunette stranger. However, Natsuki didn't see it because she is already on her way towards the two hostage takers with a small and shiny object on her grasp.

Natsuki's emerald eyes shine with all seriousness as she punches one of the hostage takers in the stomach making the guy kneel on the floor. Then she quickly moves behind the guy on the floor and injects something on the nape of the bad guy. The other guy stares at how fast and well executed the attacks were that he didn't see Natsuki punching under his chin giving him an uppercut. He stumbles before he falls on the floor and again, the biker moves behind him and injects something on his nape.

Natsuki sees the two guys falling on the floor and she just stands there smirking at her victory. Everyone inside the restaurant is in awe at the action-packed scene before them. The graceful and fast movements of the blunette make it seem like that they are watching a beautiful ninja fighting a goon.

Natsuki on the other side walks towards the waitress. The waitress looks at Natsuki and then the guys in black masks. She then stares at Natsuki for a while longer then jumps at the blunette.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you very much!" the waitress says and hugs Natsuki tightly.

And as usual, Natsuki blushes at the contact and quickly swats away from the hug. She stares at the now smiling waitress but sees something wrong. Natsuki takes off her black hoody jacket and gently puts it over the waitress's shoulders. The waitress's wide eyes stare at the black jacket. And she feels happy at the action done by the other girl. The waitress seems to be traumatized by the event that her entire body is trembling a bit.

"T-Thank you...Anno...I'm-" but before the waitress can even say her name the biker interrupts her.

"No prob! Gotta go! See ya! Bye!" the blunette says after noticing the time.

With that, she comes and she goes surprising everyone and leaving a dumbfounded waitress.

"I'm Mai Tokiha..." the waitress ends looking outside the glass door and staring at the retrieving back of Natsuki. And a giddy smile turns her lips upward.

Her orange eyebrow lifts when she sees that her savior stops at something.

"My knight in shining Ducati…how classy" the waitress comments and her lavender eyes shines while eyeing the blunette biker.


The sporty biker makes her way towards her REAL destination, the small garden near Fuuka's playground. The place is so important to her because this is where she met her special person. This is also the place where she realized her feelings for the said person. This is where she would always meet with this person. That is until one day, this person never showed up again in her life. She doesn't know why but one thing is for sure, the garden is so nostalgic and so calming for the midnight blue-haired girl.

She slowly walks into the garden but what she sees next is not what she actually expected.

The once before calming and beautiful scenery of the garden is no longer seeable because right in front of Natsuki's eyes are debris of destroyed bushes, remains of cut down trees, the demolished structure of the old fountain where she used to sit and have a conversation with and finally, she noticed her favorite spot, the small tree house in the garden is also destroyed but the tree is still there though. This imagery brings a frown on her lips and a sad and lonely expression in her eyes because of what happened to the place that she had treasured so much.

"What happened here?" she asks to no one as her emerald eyes widen at the shocking view.

"Who would do this…?" she begins to roam around the garden touching and feeling every debris and remains as if they were a part of her.

Truth be told, they are a part of her for this is the only place where her and the special person's good and bad memories happened. The once calming and peaceful place for her is now bringing her to a point of depression and disappointment. And just like the special person, this garden has also left her without a notice.

She sighs trying to calm and clear her frustrated mind.

"Why must everyone and everything important to me disappear without a notice?" her emerald eyes, which are now cold and lonely, stare at the destroyed scenery.

Natsuki, knowing that there is nothing else that she can do, begins to walks away from the garden. But she ceases her steps as she remembers the object that she is carrying. And somehow, it brings a smile to her lips.

"Right, I came here for one thing and I must do it" she says to herself as she finds a nice spot to sit on.

And right on track, the biker finds a nice spot that can overlook the entire place. A perspective befitting her purpose. After sitting on the grassy flat form, Natsuki unwraps the object revealing a canvass and two drawing pencils and one small eraser.

"Now, to draw my final piece for this place" the thought brings sadness to her but she quickly shakes it off.

Natsuki thinks that everything that happens has its own purpose that's why until now she keeps on moving forward still expecting something good to happen in her life. The biker now focuses on drawing her master piece for the day.

"How long has it been since I last draw something for this place? Haha. How nostalgic!" her flexible and muscular hand begins to sketch lines, curves and circles which slowly forms figures and objects.


K.A.C is a three story apartment complex consisting of fifty rooms that is readily available for the rich who will be able to afford its cost. An apartment complex famous in Fuuka because of its luxurious accommodations and extravagant services that only the rich and the famous personalities can afford. There are three different kinds of apartments offered by this complex: Sigma, an apartment for one person that is affordable for the middle-class customers. Beta, an apartment for cliques and peers that can house three to five people. And the most luxurious of them all, Alpha, an apartment that has the touch of the classy 19th century and the relaxing view of the entire city and can house up to ten people. This apartment complex is owned by a famous group of companies, K&S group of companies.

Anyways, inside one of the apartments is where a certain redhead currently idles her mind while waiting for her emotional cousin. Though this cousin of hers won't admit it.

Nao is idly watching a movie while busying herself with a bowl of cheesy and spicy popcorn when she her ears twitches upon hearing a roaring sound of an engine stopping just in front of their apartment complex. (Nao has a very sharp hearing capability. Don't question why)

"3….2….1" she counts off and the door to their Alpha apartment opens revealing her cousin.

Nao stands up to greet this cousin of hers while holding the bowl of popcorn.

"Hey. So how's your little trip?" she asks leaning on the wall while munching on the popcorns.

Natsuki removes her shoes and her gloves as she stands and looks at her cousin. A smile plastering her face while she taps her canvas which is now wrapped by the newspaper.

"Nao, have you gotten us a maid?" the blunette quickly asks as she makes her way towards her room.

"Not yet. The head of this complex says that they are still hiring. It seems most of the rich people residing can't live without a maid" the red-haired girl wearing blue miniskirts and white shirt top by a red hoody replies to her cousin while she follows Natsuki.

Natsuki nods her head as she opens her baggage and gets a pair of shorts and black shirts. She walks into her bathroom to change her clothes.


Coming from the bathroom, Natsuki looks at her cousin who is sitting over her bed with her canvas in hand. The blunette didn't mind at all as she sits beside Nao.

"Hey, spider. What are these for?" the bikers hands picks up a box with a seal of Fuuka Academy stamped on it.

Nao's lime green eyes shifts to the object her cousin is holding. She mouths an "Oh…" before she explains.

"You see Natsuki, while you were gone earlier I got a terrifying phone call from Uncle Natsu. He finally figured out that you left Germany. The old man was so furious over the phone. I think I could still hear his angry voice in my head" she pauses holding her head as if scared.

"Anyway, he told me that if you are planning to stay here for a while he thinks it would be better for you to take some outside education. You know? Go to school and socialize with some students?" Nao bluntly explains while she checks her nails.

"I'm going to school? I'll be studying again? Is that what you mean?" Natsuki replies in an unbelieving manner.

For her entire life, Natsuki Kruger has never been to schools or academies. His stepfather, Natsu Searrs, decided to have her home-schooled with the most professional and famous teachers and professors as her mentors. The blunette was able to finish all of her studies with a span of ten years due to the unknown content of intelligence her small-looking brain has. Her family won't even be surprise anymore if she passes a state university in her current age.

"Yes, Yes and Yes, my dear cousin. You'll be going to my school, Fuuka Academy. I know you find this meaningless and a waste of time but uncle said he wants you to have some friends aside from me that is" the redhead adds to somehow ease her now uneasy cousin.

Nao knows that her cousin has always been home-schooled and she was not allowed to go out of their mansion in Germany that is why she finds this as a good opportunity to get her favorite cousin some good pals. But Nao thinks twice if her cousin will like what she is about to say.

"Academy? Don't tell that I'll be studying there as a high school student. God, I'm tired of solving such easy questions" Natsuki smirks as she boasts her intelligence to her cousin.

Nao couldn't disagree on that one. Her cousin, Natsuki Kruger, has always been the intelligent of the two. Well, after being taught by the greatest teachers around the world she couldn't question that anymore.

"Chill, Natsuki. Find this as a sort of entertainment. Wouldn't it be nice, somehow you'll experience being the top student of the academy. Your intelligence is much greater than ours. So…" Nao grins at her cousin who is somewhat agreeing to the idea.

"Are you in or out?" her lime green eyes shining as she asks this question.

"Do I have a choice? Father decided this I can't refuse this offer. So, what year will I be?" Natsuki asks as she opens the box.

"Nice decision, Natsuki. I thought I would be going to heaven if you ever say no. Alright, let's get this through. As you can see…." Nao explains everything that Natsuki will be facing in the academy. The history, rules and the types of students were explained by Nao, something unbelievable for the redhead to know.


It's another semester for the students of the famous Fuuka Academy. Everyone seems to still be lazy after having their long and hot summer vacation. However, the ever energetic disciplinary committee of the student council never fails to meet the glorious morning of the academy.

"Right! Yukino! Let's go to the front gates! It's time for those delicacies to know that it's time for them to change!" a curly-haired blonde says with her speaker-like voice.

"It's delinquent, Haruka-chan" a mousy girl replies walking just behind the blonde.

"That's what I said! Let's move!" Haruka smirks and makes their way towards the gate.

The two girls attracts the attentions of the students who are walking in that hallway.

"*sigh* She's still so loud in the morning" a girl with short black hair wearing eyeglasses mutters as she passes by the Haruka and Yukino.

"Hihi. She is the disciplinary head after all, Chie. What do you expect? Besides, I think her character is so admirable" a girl with long-haired brunette walking side by side with the girl named Chie says.

"Sheesh! Nothing's admirable in that girl, Aoi!" Chie says as they enter their classroom, 2-A.


Meanwhile in the front gates Haruka and Yukino stand proudly watching every student like a hawk. Their morning seems to be quiet and peaceful that is until…

*VROOOM*

*VROOOM*

A black Ducati roars while entering the gates with extreme speed surprising the entire discipline committee and the students both inside and outside of the academy.

"Yukino! Who's That?!" Haruka asks trying to suppress her anger. Motorcycles are not allowed inside the school after all.

"Haruka-chan… I think that's the new student that the director is talking about" the mousy girl replies coyly while fixing her glasses.

"You mean the one who came from Germany? Hmm, what's her name again?" the blonde asks briskly.

"I think it's Natsume Kruger, Haruka-chan. Let's leave her be. You know what the director said about her, right?" the mousy girl reminds her leader.

"Heh! Natsume, eh! I'll leave her be if she has GUTS!" the head of the disciplinary committee shouts at the top of her lungs.

"Haruka-chan…" the mousy girl sweat drops.


A figure wearing a red helmet with a spider design steps out of the Ducati while she picks her black leathered bag. She stands beside of the driver of the said motorcycle.

"First day of school and you're already catching so many attentions, Nat-su-Me" the figure wearing the red helmet says to the driver who is wearing a black helmet with red strips.

The biker huffs and punches the girl who is currently removing the red helmet.

"Shut up, Nao or I'll kill you" the biker warns as she looks at her cousin.

"Oof-! That hurts you know!" the redhead whines while rubbing her now hurting arm.

"Then stop teasing you idiot" Natsuki bluntly says.

"Yeah, whatever, Natsume. I'll be heading firsts, ok. Don't forget to wear your contacts, Nat-su-me~!" Nao says as she hands the red helmet to Natsuki and skips her way inside the academy.

"*sigh* stupid spider. What am I supposed to do now…? Oh..right! I have to meet the director" Natsuki says as she removes her helmet still sitting on her Ducati.

She hangs the two helmets on the handle of the Ducati and reaches for the contacts inside her pocket. Natsuki releases a sigh of frustration while she opens the container of her contacts.

"Stupid safety. Stupid protection and stupid contacts!" the midnight blue-haired girl groans as she wears the pure black contacts covering her amazing emerald pupils.

The cool biker walks towards the academy ignoring the eyes that are ogling her figure. Midnight blue tresses flattering along the wind.


End Of Chapter Two.