Hey guys :) pretty happy with the positive feedback I've been getting on 'Monster.' So I'm going to share my second chapter! By the way, totally glad no one got confused (yet, I'm basing this author's note off of 21 reviews)
And for all of you that are freaking out in my PMs lol, don't' worry about Natsuki. She's a big girl, she can handle herself ;) and when she can't, Shizuru sure can. If you're asking what I mean by this, the dream sequence from last chapter is better explained later in this chapter…with ANOTHER dream sequence haha.
The dad makes a re-appearance in later chapters as well, which you KNOW will be interesting. Especially with Natsuki's awesome teacher around. I tell you this, because I want to keep you reading haha.
This chapter focuses mostly on Natsuki making friends, and enemies. Again, Shiznat is taken slowly in this. I don't want it to be BOOM LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
Disclaimer: Still don't own Mai HiMe, Sunrise does. If I did own Mai HiMe there'd be a whole Natsuki-centric series. Okay there'd be about 50 Natsuki-centric series.
Natsuki wiped the sweat from her forehead with a forearm as she got up from her bed. She was shaking slightly, the nightmares always did this to her. When will they stop? Get a grip, Kuga. He doesn't know you're here. You're safe. No more...no more.
She surveyed her pitifully near-empty armoire. Only those three uniforms and the clothes she arrived in were hanging up. She didn't want to get her uniform sweaty before class so she pulled on the jeans she came with and her white tank top. She tied up her shoes and tied her hair up into a pony-tail. Running in jeans wasn't entirely uncomfortable. She'd done it before.
"Where ya goin' Kuga?" Asked a half-asleep voice.
Natsuki looked down towards her roommate's bed. "Running."
Nao's sleepy eyes blinked. A small smile came to her lips. "You know you talk in your sleep."
Natsuki lowered her hands from her hair. "I do?"
Nao nodded slowly then yawned. "Well it's more like whimpering and begging. You sound like a kicked puppy."
The raven haired girl fought back a shudder. "Whatever. I'll be back later," she grumbled as she walked to the tent flap and unzipped it.
Natsuki stepped into the refreshing early morning air. The sun was barely up yet, it was still pretty dark out. Natsuki exhaled slowly then zipped the tent back up before walking in the direction of the track. It was a little chilly once she started moving against the wind but she knew once foot hit pavement she'd be warmed up in no time.
Pulling the gate back, she stepped onto the fenced in track. It looked like any other school's track. Okay time to wake up. She thought as she took off at a full speed run. Her feet pounded the track below her, her heart pounded loudly in her chest, and she felt free. She was running so hard, just to get that great runner's high she loved so much. Don't stop Kuga, you just started, this feels great. Fly away.
Pat pat pat. Came a faint sound from outside the window.
Shizuru looked up from some paperwork and peered outside the teacher's lounge window. A lone girl was on the track? She checked the clock on the wall. It was 5am. What girl in the right mind wouldn't still be sleeping now? Tomoe? She wondered. After all, Tomoe was the most promising student they had, it wouldn't be all that surprising if she were trying to impress…well…her. The girl seemed to show off whenever Shizuru took her students to training. Ara that girl is quite impressive despite her show-off tendencies.
"Who is that?" Anh Lu asked coming to Shizuru's side.
"Could be Tomoe," Shizuru said turning back to her paper work.
"No way…Tomoe's hair isn't that long."
Shizuru looked outside again. Anh was right, Tomoe had short tealish green hair. This girl's hair was blue-ish…or was that black?
"Hey…I bet that's the hot young thing from yesterday," Anh said now practically squished up against the window to get a better look. "Ah, it is. What a great body she has. I know I'd like to—"
Shizuru cut her off. "Ara, Anh, don't you think it's a bit inappropriate to talk about a student like that? Especially with the age difference…," Shizuru began as she watched her new student, Kuga, run with more power than she's seen anyone else run. The girl was into it. Shizuru could just barely see her face but could tell the girl was in a daze. "Not to mention it's completely against the rules of the academy…you of all people should know that."
Anh giggled. "Well hey if she were interested…I would be all over that."
Shizuru shot her colleague a glare. "Remember what happened last time you got involved with a student?"
Anh's light carefree laughter came to an abrupt stop. Her gaze lingered on the runner before she turned away from the window. "We don't have to talk about that," she whispered.
Shizuru instantly felt bad for bringing it up. "I'm sorry…I didn't mean—"
Anh waved her quiet. "It's fine, Shizuru. I'll drop by your classroom in a bit to drop this report off." Anh slowly moved back to her desk and began scribbling something down on paper.
Shizuru sighed. It had been a horrible thing. Anh had fallen for a student, and the old sergeant , Jin, found out. The student had been punished…horribly punished, and never returned. Not to mention Anh had been out for weeks after that. The rules here were harsh. Students had to learn the hard way most times. The punishment that the then-sergeant had ordered was for Anh to 'punish' her beloved student in the fighting ring. If she failed to comply with the orders, both would be kicked out of the academy. The student left afterwards anyways though, leaving Anh alone. Thank god I wasn't on the Council when Jin had been sergeant, I would've never allowed her to do that. Thought Shizuru.
Shizuru continued her paperwork, every so often she would look up to it to see the expression of her new student. She was so passionate about her running, so carefree, so…she's running away from something. That's why she likes running so much isn't it?
Shizuru finished her paperwork and decided to head out to the field and say good morning to the runner. She waved 'bye' to the other teachers who also were getting ready to head to their classes, and then exited the building.
As Natsuki rounded the last curve on her last lap she spotted her teacher walking towards her. She slowed to a jog, then to a walk, and stopped by the edge of the track. She was panting and sweating, and didn't really want to be seen by anyone before she took a shower.
"Ara, Private Kuga, good morning," Shizuru's sweet voice said as she stopped a few feet away from her new student.
Natsuki gave a weak wave, her body shook slightly, she was still in the middle of a runner's high and it felt great. It was numbing. She liked being numb. She couldn't feel anything. "H-hi, Lt. Fujino," she panted out. Though she forgot she had to salute. Oh crap, salute! She gave a quick salute then went back to panting.
Shizuru saluted the girl while looking her over. The tank top was stuck to the girl's skin. There were beads of sweat on the girl's face as well. Her hair was damp and the sun, which was just starting to make an appearance, seemed to make the sweat glitter. Which sounds gross, but actually made her look rather sexy. Sexy?! Anh Lu get out of my mind. Now that she was closer, Shizuru could see smaller details she'd never noticed when the girl had been half naked in the Council Room. While the girl's body was in excellent condition, the surface of it was a little damaged. There was evidence of disappearing bruises that had been there before, small tiny cuts, little scars all over her body…there was even a tiny little C-shaped scar right near the girl's belly-button. Shizuru stared at them rather intently. How had they gotten there? She looked up towards the girl's face and noticed that she had something resembling hickey marks up and down her neck. The corner of the girl's lower lip looked like it had recently been opened. I wonder if Nao got frisky…no way those are beginning to disappear…must be before she came here…..Maybe I should stop staring at my student like this…yeah there's an idea…
Natsuki used the bottom of her tank top to wipe her brow of sweat, revealing perfectly toned abdominals. They looked better up close. "You kind of caught me at a gross time, Lieutenant; I was just about to shower," Natsuki said letting her sticky tank top drop again.
Shizuru stopped her silent examinationandthen smiled and nodded. "I won't keep you then, Private," she said as she turned around to head to the classroom. She paused and turned around again, "Can I ask you something, Private?" With a nod from her student, Shizuru continued, "When Sergeant Suzushiro asked you who told you…about the test thing, why did you look at me?" This question had kept her awake most of the night. The way the younger girl locked eyes with her after being asked such a question… it was strange to say the least.
Natsuki blinked then scratched the back of her neck nervously, "Well, after Sergeant Suzushiro said 'test' I noticed you were looking at me funny…as if you were trying to tell me something so…for some reason I just looked at you. I'm sorry, did you get in trouble?" I could've sworn your expression told me there was something coming.
Shizuru smiled to hide her shock at the fact that Natsuki had realized what she meant…through a look. She shook her head. "No, me and Haru—I mean Sergeant Suzushiro go back. She was my roommate."
Natsuki nodded. "Oh." They stood there awkwardly for a few minutes.
"Ara, look at the time, I should get to the classroom and prepare. I'll see you soon, Private, yes?" Shizuru eyed the younger girl in all her sweaty, panting splendor, and saluted. Don't you dare cut your first class.
Natsuki nodded. "Sure sure, Lieutenant," Natsuki said with a sloppy salute. She stared after her teacher as she walked away. I wonder if she was insinuating I might cut her class. She shrugged, and began walking towards the showers. She had seen a sign on her way to the track. The second best thing besides my morning run would be a morning shower after my morning run.
Natsuki had taken a shower, changed into a fresh new uniform, grabbed breakfast with Nao and then left for class with Nao.
"So how was the run?" Nao asked, mostly because their trip to the stone building so far had been awkwardly silent.
Natsuki shrugged. "Fine," she replied.
"This is an interesting conversation we're having," Nao said through a yawn.
Natsuki chuckled. "Sorry…we talked a lot last night though!"
Natsuki followed behind Nao to a classroom. Natsuki was pleased to find out it looked like any other classroom. Pretty big, desks, chairs, books, a teacher's desk, more books…the typical classroom stuff. Nao took a seat in the back near the window. Natsuki began to follow her but was stopped by her teacher.
"Ara, you look all fresh, Private. That uniform looks quite good on you," Shizuru said smiling.
A light blush came to Natsuki's cheeks, mostly because the rest of the classroom minus Nao and some green-haired girl in the back were gawking at her. "T-thanks," she muttered.
Shizuru raised a brow at the younger girl's blush, Ara…well isn't that cute… "Find a seat wherever there's a free one," Shizuru whispered.
Natsuki nodded and headed towards Nao. She took the window seat in front of Nao. Then instantly turned around to start talking to her. She didn't even notice the two guards from yesterday, Chie and Aoi, were sitting right next to her.
"Class, we have a new student here today," Shizuru said. The students all continued staring at Natsuki, who only looked up once Shizuru had spoken. "Please introduce yourself, Private."
Natsuki slowly stood up.
Is that the girl that passed the test?
I heard she caught it! Right out of the air!
Yeah and I heard she even stripped for the Council, sounds like my kind of girl!
Natsuki swallowed hard before introducing herself. "I'm Kuga, Natsuki Kuga. And If I don't like you…get over it. I did," she sat back down, pleased that she managed to keep her bad-ass rep. at a new school.
Nao was laughing from behind her. "Nice one, Kuga," she winked and held a thumbs-up.
Natsuki winked back in response then turned around to face the front again.
Shizuru was staring at her again. "If I don't like you…get over it, I did."?! What kind of self-introduction is THAT? Then she remembered Natsuki was the school delinquent at her old school. Oh right. Shizuru sighed and began teaching.
Half-way through the class, Natsuki felt a poke onto her shoulder. She jumped a little, touching was bad. She glared at the girl to her right, the one who had poked her. She blinked. "You!" She hissed.
Chie gave her a dazzling smile then nodded. "Me." She then turned to the girl sitting behind her, next to Nao. "Aoi."
Natsuki looked behind her and saw the other guard from yesterday. She wasn't sure whether to be annoyed or freaked out.
"Relax, beautiful, we come in peace!" Chie held up her hands in surrender. She then blinked and leaned in, "hey you're cute when you blush…"
"Chie!" Aoi slapped the back of Chie's head.
"Ow! I was just kidding," she gave Aoi a goofy smile.
Nao, who had been watching the whole thing rolled her eyes and turned her attention back to whatever was happening outside the window. "Idiots."
Shizuru meanwhile, noticed the three in the back talking. She paused. "Wait what was I saying?" the class giggled. Ara…I need to focus on my work not my students. She backtracked and started up again.
"Anyways, let's start over," Chie said once Shizuru began teaching again. She held out a hand. "I'm Chie."
Natsuki stared at it. "I don't do the whole…," she eyed Nao from the corner of her eye, yup she was still staring blankly out the window. Natsuki turned her attention back to Chie and did her best to gesture the rest of her sentence by smacking her two hands together.
Chie got it instantly and lowered her hand. "Sorry I forgot," she said with a sheepish grin. So she doesn't want Nao to know her little OCD problem huh?
"Natsuki," Natsuki replied, offering a small smile to show she was okay with starting over. So twittle dee and twittle dumb don't look so bad after all.
Chie tilted her head slightly then asked, "Hey do you have a boyfri—"
"NO!" Natsuki yelled, that had been, what? The 100th time someone asked her about the marks on her neck? She really hadn't minded them because she kept forgetting they were there! When everyone kept bringing them up it was like a slap in the face. Especially since it's so normal for a boyfriend to give his girlfriend such marks…yet the hickeys on her neck were sick. Twisted. They were more than just…silly marks your boyfriend gives you. They were her past and she couldn't freakin' wait until they disappeared. She was done being touched when she didn't want to be, done being marked when where she didn't want to be marked. Done.
The now standing, fists clenched, and heavy breathing Natsuki realized she had freaked out a little. She blinked, relaxed her fists, and swallowed hard. Everyone was staring at her. She looked like a deer in headlights.
"K-Kuga? What the hell?" Nao whispered. She reached up from her chair, grabbed the frightened Natsuki by the hand, and pulled her back into her seat. Chie and Aoi exchanged worried glances. Natsuki stared down at her desk as she turned bright red.
Shizuru cleared her throat and pretended nothing happened for the sake of her new student. "Class it's time for training. Head over to the sparring cages," Shizuru said loudly enough to stop the whispering. The students began filing out of the classroom, until two remained.
"Kuga, come on," Nao said lightly tugged on Natsuki's sleeve. Not skin, the cloth of her sleeve.
Natsuki groaned and ran a hand through her long hair. "Crap…," she muttered.
"Private Yuuki, Private Kuga, is everything alright?" Shizuru said approaching them. I still can't get over the fact that Yuuki gets along with Kuga. Yuuki doesn't get along with anyone. Ever.
Oh great now my teacher is going to see me all freaked out. Natsuki thought. She sighed, slowly standing and finally faced her teacher. "I'm fine, Lt. Fujino," Natsuki saluted her and strode out of the classroom.
Nao watched Natsuki stride out of the classroom as if nothing had happened. She was puzzled by the beautiful girl, maybe just as much as their teacher was. It was addicting…she enjoyed picking and prodding at the girl's brain, just to see what she'd say or do. The girl was different. She wasn't boring. And everyone at this school is sooo boring. Nao thought as she shrugged at her teacher's confused expression and followed the new girl out.
Shizuru stared at the empty desk her newest student had previously occupied. She placed a hand on it and sighed deeply. Ara that girl is disturbed…if only I knew what was wrong I might be able to help. Something caught her eye. She blinked and lowered her head to the desk to see something scribbled there.
I vandalized this Desk! Mwhahaha!
Shizuru's eyebrow twitched. Kuga!
"What was that?" Chie asked the now silent Natsuki as the class walked from the classroom over to the sparring cages. The sparring cages was really just a fenced in area. Each 'cage' was about the size of one-half of a tennis court. The two fighters would get on each side of the 'cage' and attack the other when given the 'OK' from a teacher.
Natsuki sighed then flicked her hair. "It was nothing," she said. "I just lost it I guess. Sorry. I'm fine now," she said as she gave Chie a reassuring smile.
Chie nodded, returning the smile, and then turned back to Aoi for chatter.
"Man, Kuga, you really looked great all pissed off," Nao said smirking. "I wasn't sure whether to hide or beg you to 'take me you mighty beast!' or something!"
Natsuki snorted. "Don't be gross!"
Nao giggled and they continued walking.
Shizuru trailed behind her class of course. She was still in awe at the fact that Yuuki and Kuga were whispering and giggling. Yuuki Nao? Really? Strange. But Natsu—I mean—KUGA, seems to really intrigue people.
It wasn't long before shouts could be heard. Natsuki, Nao, Chie, and Aoi had all been walking the slowest and were all behind the rest of their class. When they saw their classmates up ahead forming a crowd they looked at each other then ran after them to see what was going on. Shizuru blinked when they took off, then she saw why they took off, and she followed suit.
"Everyone knows you're full of crap, Mai!" Yelled a green-haired girl. The only other girl besides Nao, Natsuki noticed, that hadn't gawked at her when she entered the classroom that morning.
"That's Tomoe," Chie whispered into Natsuki's ear.
"Total bitch," Nao informed her with a yawn.
"But extremely talented. The only Private 1st class," Aoi whispered.
Natsuki watched this 'Tomoe' berate another, bustier girl. She was a red head, but not the same red as Nao. Instead it was more of an orange. She looked on the verge of tears.
"How did you even make it into this school?! You belong in a crappy diner cooking food for your poor pathetic brother. People like you make me sick," Tomoe spat. A few girls behind Tomoe giggled.
"Hey," Natsuki said pushing back a few of the crowd and stepping into the circle the students had formed around Tomoe and the other girl. "Isn't it a little early to be such a bitch?" Natsuki asked rather calmly. From behind her, Nao smacked her own forehead. Wrong person to mess with, Kuga.
Tomoe paused, and then turned from Mai to the new girl. "Well well well. If it isn't the new girl. I heard you were the only one to catch the blade," she looked Natsuki up and down as if she were disgusted by the view. "I don't believe it for a second." Tomoe crossed her arms, a smirk dancing on her lips.
Natsuki blinked. People heard about that? Already? She shrugged. "You don't have to believe that, I couldn't care less. But you better believe that I will not hesitate to kick your ass if you keep insulting people just to feel like you're better than everyone else. Honestly? All I see is a scared little girl overcompensating for something." Natsuki winked at her. It was quite possible that 4-5 random students fell in love with her at that moment. Yup, Natsuki was on her way to fanclub stardom.
The crowd ooh-ed and ahh-ed. Mai was pulled out of the circle from Chie while Nao stepped up closer to behind Natsuki. I've got your back, even though I don't know how good that'd do against Tomoe.
"You talk a lot of crap for a new girl. You don't know anything. I'm the queen of this school." Her fans nodded behind her. "I run things. They say I'm the next Sergeant of the school. And I will be."
Natsuki yawned. "I don't remember asking for a list of your hopes and dreams." That earned a laugh from her peers. Some even rooted her on.
Tomoe was visibly pissed off now. I let this girl get to me? Why? I could kill her in a second. "Well you're just a slut. You and Nao. Both of you are just a bunch of harlots. Look at all those hickeys on your neck! And you just got here too!"
Nao growled from behind Natsuki and took a step so they were side-by-side. Natsuki was also practically snarling now. The two growling girls took a step towards the "most talented" student their grade at Garderobe had to offer.
"Enough!" Shizuru said stepping in. Technically, school fights were allowed. It taught the students "character." But Natsuki had no idea what she was getting herself into, so it was hardly fair. Why am I trying to protect her?
Tomoe looked up, her vicious face completely changing when she saw Lt. Fujino. "Lt. Fujino," she saluted. "These two trouble-makers were insulting me!"
"I'm sure," Shizuru said rolling her eyes, which caused Natsuki to smile slightly. It was nice…seeing her teacher use an expression she herself used too often, not to mention the awesome-ness that came with a teacher using sarcasm against a student.
Tomoe pouted, but her eyes glittered in a way that was completely foreign to Natsuki. She followed Tomoe's strange gaze of adoration towards…Lt. Fujino? Well that's….odd, though not that surprising. Natsuki thought as she blinked back and forth between the two.
"Well what do we have here?" Anh Lu said breaking through the crowd. She saw Natsuki and smiled. "Hey there, gorgeous. Why am I not surprised to find you smack dab in the middle of a crowd?"
Shizuru broke eye contact with Tomoe to stare at her colleague. "Colonel Lu!" She said in surprise.
Anh looked over at Shizuru and saluted. "Lieutenant Fujino! What seems to be the problem here? Private Tokiha came late to my class and mentioned something about a girl fight. I had to check it out for myself of course."
Natsuki wasn't sure whether to stare at Anh, Shizuru, Nao, or glare at Tomoe. What's going on?
Nao saw the distressed expression on Natsuki's face. She leaned in towards the girl's ear and whispered. "Hey, people are probably still looking at you. If you don't want them to declare Tomoe the winner of this…verbal-fight, you should probably look badass still."
Natsuki raised a brow in her redheaded friend's direction, then sighed and went with glaring at Tomoe, who was now glaring back. I can't believe this is my second day…really first day…at this school and I already know a girl whose head I want to slam into the ground. Repeatedly.
Shizuru sighed. I feel a migraine coming on. There was too much stuff going on, much too fast. Kuga had been about to get her ass handed to her by Tomoe, Garderobe's star student. And then Anh came…and hit on Kuga…again…Kuga was right, it is WAY too early for any of this.
Anh Lu practically danced her way to an oblivious Natsuki, who was still in a glaring-contest with Tomoe. Anh tapped the younger girl on the shoulder. Natsuki jumped at the touch and looked up into bright blue eyes. "Private Kuga?"
Natsuki blinked. "Uh, y-yes, Colonel Lu?" She rubbed her shoulder where the Colonel's finger had poked her. Touching is not okay.
"Have you been getting into fights with Garderobe's proudest, and only, Private 1st class?"
Natsuki glanced at Tomoe, who was now grinning like a Cheshire cat, and then looked back up into the eyes of Anh Lu. "I wouldn't really call it a fight," Natsuki looked down.
Ara, how cute. Shizuru thought at the guilty expression on Natsuki's face. What was Anh Lu doing anyways? Didn't I tell her getting involved with students was not okay? Especially with MY students. Especially….with….my….
"You're quite cute," Anh continued as she placed a finger under Natsuki's chin and lifted her head up. "Don't stare down," she whispered, "It's a crime to hide those eyes."
The class looked at her in shock. Whispers started. Natsuki blinked, her cheeks turning red. She fought the urge to slap the hand away and instead jumped backwards. She rubbed her chin fiercely. Bad touching bad bad.
Shizuru frowned. "Anh…," she said reaching forward and grabbing Anh's arm to pull her out of the circle. She was going to start rumors again, which would be bad for both the school's reputation and for Natsuki. I mean Kuga. Not to mention she clearly didn't know about Natsuki's issues with touching.
Anh allowed herself to be carried away from the crowd by Shizuru, but not without giving a wink to Natsuki who was turning redder every second. Anh grinned at Shizuru. "I'm sorry I'm sorry I couldn't help it. She's so darn cute! How do you resist?"
Shizuru felt a pang of….something uncomfortable but shook it off and frowned. "You can't go around doing that in front of her classmates! She already has it rough as it is, being new in the middle of the year…now you're going to cause rumors about you and her…and that's not good for her or you. You already have two strikes, Anh." Shizuru watched, getting rather uncharacteristically annoyed at the smug expression on Anh's face. "Ara, why are you looking at me like that?" Shizuru growled.
Anh smiled then peeked over at the students who had broken up their little crowd and were moving into the sparring cages. "You're right, Shizuru. But you know what?" she said turning to face Shizuru, a new gleam in her eyes. The sincerest look Shizuru had ever seen Anh give. "I don't regret it for a second. I loved her."
Shizuru let out a small gasp and completely forgot to mention Natsuki's touching issues. She looked over at her students to make sure none of them saw her gasp, it was a little embarrassing. She noticed one student had seen it. Kuga. Natsuki instantly looked away however, and continued talking to Nao. "You…you what?" Shizuru asked, turning back to Anh.
Anh grinned, back to her goofy flirtatious self. "I loved her. It would've been sad to miss out on such feelings, even if I had to destroy them…destroy us at the end. I don't regret loving her, I just regret letting Sergeant Jin find out," she finished. She gave Shizuru a quick wave. "Back to class, then." Anh walked off in the direction of the stone academics building.
Shizuru stared after her colleague. She wasn't just screwing around then? Shizuru shuddered at the thought of loving someone you couldn't have. That must be a horrible feeling. I'm lucky I've never had such misfortune.
Natsuki wondered what her teacher and Anh had been talking about.
"Man, Colonel Lu really wants in your pants, Kuga," Nao teased.
Natsuki grumbled and leaned against the iron fence that enclosed the 'sparring area'. "Whatever. She's just messing with me," Natsuki muttered.
"Aw, did you see Natsuki blush?" Aoi said smiling.
Chie nodded. "It was great. You look adorable when you blush. It almost ruined your badass-ery moments from before. Though I think you're incredibly lucky. Tomoe looked like she was about to destroy you. Even with Nao's help it would've been quite the beat down." Nao glared at Chie who only shrugged. "But back to your cute blushing…"
Natsuki's eyebrow twitched. "Will you guys knock it off?" She found her eyes roaming to the opposite side of the sparring cages. Tomoe's eyes met hers at the same time. They locked on. Target acquired. Launch missiles. Wow Kuga, mature. She sighed and tore her eyes away just in time to see her teacher gasp. Natsuki had no idea why but seeing Lt. Fujino gasp made her feel like giggling. And Natsuki Kuga doesn't giggle. Ever. Her teacher looked in her direction almost instantly after gasping. Natsuki quickly averted her gaze and turned to Nao who was staring at her weirdly. "What?" she asked the redhead.
Nao tilted her head. "Don't 'what' me, Kuga. You're the one blushing and I have no idea why."
Natsuki blinked. "Huh? No I'm not."
"Yeah you are, Natsuki," Chie said. "Not that I mind, it's really—" she stopped with a look from Aoi that seemed to say, 'finish that sentence. I dare you.'
Natsuki frowned. "I blame Colonel Lu. I was caught off guard. Next time I won't blush so easily!" Natsuki threw her fist in the air for effect. Her friends all followed with their own fists in the air.
"Starting a cult already, Private Kuga?" Shizuru asked. Natsuki hadn't even noticed she had stopped talking to Anh.
Natsuki looked at her new friends who had all thrown their fists up into the air like she had. They were giving her sheepish grins, well, except Nao, who was smirking at her. She turned to look at Lt. Fujino. "Ah, no? I-I don't think so." What am I supposed to say to that?
"Ara, how cu—," Shizuru coughed, I almost said 'cute' out loud? "Cool."
Chie, Nao, and Aoi tilted their heads to stare at their teacher with interest.
Natsuki wasn't sure what was going on, as usual.
Shizuru cleared her throat. "Well, we're already behind schedule. Let's start fighting practice shall we?"
Natsuki nodded slowly and watched as her teacher walked to the center of the fenced in area.
"Man if it wasn't against the rules, I would ask Fujino if I could get some 'extra credit' if you know what I mea—"
"I'm not sure whether to destroy you now, or just let Aoi kill you later," Nao said quietly. "She's our teacher for god's sake."
"Can't deny she's got it going on though, eh? Am I right, Natsuki?" Chie said winking at Natsuki.
Natsuki rolled her eyes. "Yeah, whatever. God you're such a flirt. If I were Aoi I would've dumped you by now," the beauty said as she pushed off the fence she was leaning against and made her way to the crowd of students gathering around their teacher.
"Yeah I agree with, Kuga," Nao said winking at Chie as she followed her favorite friend.
Chie frowned as she watched Nao chase after Natsuki. When did that girl become a puppy? She follows that girl everywhere. Chie turned her sheepish grin on Aoi, who was positively fuming. "Hey! You know I don't mean anything I say…unless it's about or to you of course!"
Aoi glared at her girlfriend. "You know I don't know why I stick around either. You're lucky you're so damn hot," Aoi said grabbing Chie's hand and following Natsuki and Nao.
"Okay, students!" Shizuru said to the students that had huddled around her, though she was strangely more aware of a pair of emerald eyes watching her from her peripheral vision. "Today we'll practice hand-to-hand combat, thus the sparring cages," said gesturing to their surroundings. "I'd like you all to focus on aiming for the torso. Head hits are really not advised, and you must stop once the other student says 'stop'. Is everyone clear?"
The students all nodded.
"I hope we get to be partners," Nao whispered to Natsuki.
"…You mean we don't get to pick our partners?" Natsuki asked. She frowned once Nao shook her head.
"If we did, we might take it easier on each other…you know how it is."
Natsuki nodded, but she had a bad feeling about this.
Shizuru looked at her chart. "Okay, random computer generated matches…starting with…Nao vs. Miya," she looked up and watched as Nao pinched Natsuki's arm playfully then made her way over to one of the 'cages' with a brown haired girl named Miya. She looked down at her chart again. "Chie vs. Arika," Shizuru looked up, Chie and the girl named Arika made their way smiling at each other to the 'cage' opposite Nao and Miya. Shizuru took another look at the chart and blinked. No way.
Natsuki stared at the sudden change in expression in her teacher's face. What's that about? Must be a really unfair match.
Shizuru quickly tried to think of a way to get out of this. She could easily just switch last names…but then the computer would get the scores all screwed up when she went back to put the scores in.
"Lt. Fujino?" Tomoe asked, as if she were worried or something. Natsuki scoffed, Tomoe being nice? Right. And I'm a fairy princess.
Shizuru looked up at her star student and then cleared her throat as she said, "N-Natsuki Kuga vs. Tomoe Marguerite."
Natsuki's eyes widened. She wasn't sure whether to jump up and click her heels with joy and yell, 'I have a chance to beat that bitch up!' or to quietly escape before anyone notices. Tomoe was…supposed to be really good right? Yes a very very unfair match. CRAP. She looked at Tomoe who was looking disgustingly smug.
Shizuru stared at the two girls. Natsuki looks…I mean KUGA looks worried. I don't blame her…this is bad. "Remember!" Shizuru yelled. "You MUST stop if the opponent yells 'stop!' Understood?" The students all nodded.
Natsuki saw Tomoe walk towards the farthest cage away, passing perfectly empty ones. Bad bad bad, Natsuki thought in her head as she hesitantly followed Tomoe. Of course, Aoi gave her a good luck pat on the back. Nao and Chie looked over at their new friend worried. Yes this was bad indeed. Shizuru couldn't even read the rest of the names off the list without staring up from her chart to look at the poor girl who seemed to be walking to her doom.
Natsuki stopped at the opposite end of the 'cage.'
"Scared, Kuga?" Tomoe asked as she got into a fighter stance.
Yes. "Of you? Please, I've seen kittens more frightening than you. And they were blind," Natsuki said as she leaned her back against the fence. She looked towards Nao who was returning the stare with a concerned look. It gave Natsuki a strange feeling. Having people worry about her….was rare. A new feeling. Most people she's met always lied. Those that uttered the words I love you, to her, almost always ended up hurting her. I like Nao. She's crazy and a total bitch but I'm glad I met her.
"Listen to me when I'm threatening you, Kuga!"
Natsuki tore her gaze away from Nao's and instead looked at Tomoe, cocking her head to the side she said, "Oh you were talking? All I hear is 'blah blah blah' when you open your mouth. Really, you should get that checked out. It might be some type of speech impedime—"
"So where'd you get those hickeys, Kuga?" Tomoe said taking a step closer. Shizuru hadn't told anyone to start sparring yet, so that was technically illegal for her to even be moving closer to her opponent.
Natsuki's eyebrow twitched. "Where'd you get your—" Natsuki tried to come up with an insult but was interrupted.
"They look kind of old-ish…did you get them from home? How many boys have you been with, Kuga? Or were those from…someone a little closer to home?" Tomoe was of course talking crap. She had no idea how close she was to hitting the nail on the head.
Natsuki bolted from her relaxed position leaning against the fence and instead tackled Tomoe to the ground. "You bitch!" Natsuki yelled, which got the attention of all the other students and certain Lieutenant Fujino.
Tomoe felt a fist slam into her cheek. Her lip burst. She licked the blood from her lip and grinned up when Natsuki was staring down at her, breathing heavily, rage in her eyes. Before Natsuki had another chance to throw a punch Tomoe had pushed off from the ground, tackling Natsuki back onto her feet and pushing her backwards all the way to the other end of the fence. She held Natsuki by the neck with one hand and threw a strong punch to the beauty's stomach, causing Natsuki to gasp.
"You've screwed with the wrong person, Kuga-san," Tomoe whispered into her ear, almost intimately, as she kneed the girl in the stomach before she could make another move.
This is all too familiar…Natsuki thought as she was kneed again in the stomach. Stop! Natsuki almost said it. So close. Tomoe grinned, and pushed the girl up against the fence again, before stepping back and landing a powerful kick to Natsuki's ribcage. And there goes the wind…can't breathe. Great. Dad would really like this girl.
Tomoe grabbed Natsuki's chin in her hand and leaned in to lick the blood trickling from her victim's busted lip. Natsuki tried to move her head to the side but was too weak. Tomoe stepped back, licking her lips. "You see that, Kuga? I've drunken from you. I own you now." Natsuki slid down the fence, eyes closed. "You've messed with the wrong person. I hope this teaches you a lesson when it comes to Tomoe Marguerite," Tomoe sighed happily, leaned down and patted the now slumped over Natsuki on the head before spinning on her heel and exiting the cage.
-Dream-
Natsuki squeezed her eyes closed. Waiting. But her father stopped what he started. Natsuki looked down, tears streaming down her face, and saw that her father had fallen asleep. She thanked god, and took the extra strength given to her from the adrenaline rush to throw her father's body out of her bed. She got up and looked down, her pants were still on. Barely. She looked at him. His pants had never been down.
Oh thank god. She thought as she gathered her stuff into a bag and ran out of the house.
The rest of her days were strange .She felt like a shadow. She slept over at a different friend's house every day. Her grades dropped, she began beating the crap out of guys for the fun of it, and she became a zombie. A hate-filled zombie that went from one place to the next, taking out her anger on the next person to simply wave to her. Her friends started becoming afraid of her. She was afraid of herself. Afraid of that night.
At one point, all her friends had all left her to deal with her own problems. She had nowhere to go but back home. She tried to sneak in, but he was waiting for her. Her dad didn't welcome her home with open arms. No, he welcomed her home with fists. Fists she couldn't fight back. He was a monster.
She woke up with marks all over her body. Cuts, bruises, hickeys…her wrists were tied. Tied too tightly. Her wrists bruised as she tried to work the holds of, panic welling up inside her. She could tell though, her clothes had been left on the entire time. Again, thank god.
How could you do this to me? Why did I deserve this? This? This scar. I will wear it forever. Take it with me everywhere. I can't forget. Every time I look in the mirror…I remember. You're so cruel.
You're a monster.
-End Dream-
"Natsuki!" Yelled Nao and Lt. Fujino at the same time. They exchanged confused glances.
Did…did Lt. Fujino just call Kuga by her first name? What?
Did…did Nao just hear me call Natsuki…Natsuki? Crap.
Nao was the first to snap out of it. She ran to Natsuki, who wasn't moving, and pulled the other girl so her head was resting on Nao's lap. "Natsuki? Natsuki look at me you idiot!" Nao said lightly slapping Natsuki's face. She tried to keep her tone calm, but she was worried beyond belief.
"D-don't…don't hurt me…please…no more…" Natsuki murmured.
"Oh good…she looked like she killed you or something!" Nao said sighing. She ran a hand lightly across Natsuki's forehead.
"'Oh good'? Are you nuts, Nao? Did you hear her?" Chie yelled.
"Hey I don't care what she says as long as she's awake."
Shizuru watched in awe…and felt a pang of something when she saw Nao's hand on Natsuki's forehead. She wasn't sure whether to go scold Tomoe, or to beat up Nao—er, see if Natsuki is okay… What is this weird feeling I have? I felt it earlier today…and now again. Maybe I've been drinking too much tea. Why do I feel like….like what Natsuki just said wasn't to Tomoe?
Natsuki's eyes slowly opened. Lime green ones stared back at her. "N-Nao?"
"The one and only. How are you feeling? Not that I care but—"
"Shut up, Nao, we all know you care," Chie said with a smirk on her lips.
"No one asked you, Chie. Isn't there a girl you should be cheating on Aoi with?" Nao snapped back.
Chie was about to yell something back but stopped when Aoi slapped her over the head.
Shizuru's heart felt like it had just been ripped out when she saw how…weak Natsuki looked. The girl put up a big bravado but underneath…underneath she was just a scared little girl. Shizuru tapped Nao on the shoulder and took over. "Nat—Private, Kuga?"
Natsuki blinked up into crimson eyes. "You've got pretty eyes, totally weird, but pretty," Natsuki whispered, just low enough that only Shizuru could hear it.
"Ara I could say the same to you," Shizuru said as she smiled. She snaked her right arm under Natsuki's neck and her left under Natsuki's knees. "I have to take you to the infirmary," Shizuru said. She was worried Tomoe had damaged the girl. More than she already was before.
Natsuki instantly panicked. "No no, don't touch me!" She rolled out of Shizuru's hold and attempted to stand up. It worked! For about…10 seconds. She nearly collapsed. Nao caught her, but dropped her once Natsuki started fighting her off. "Don't touch me!" She yelled again.
Chie sighed. "Getting you help is going to be a little difficult if you won't let someone carry you, Natsuki."
"I'll walk," Natsuki grumbled as she began standing up again. This time, however, Shizuru managed to swing Natsuki's arm around her shoulders so that she was supporting the younger girl's weight. Natsuki looked at those crimson eyes angrily…but…stopped. It didn't hurt. Why didn't the touching hurt with her? Natsuki soon found she was mistaken. It hurt all right, just not nearly as much as anyone else's touch would hurt. She was in too much shock to fight back.
Shizuru carried the silent, and slightly dazed, Natsuki out of the sparring cages and towards a little metal tent-sized building. A big red cross was painted on the door. Medical Building. There were quite a few around the campus, the actual infirmary with a doctor was found in the academics building. It didn't make sense to have just one since students were hurting themselves every five seconds.
Shizuru opened the door and flicked on the lights. A few light bulbs illuminated a fairly empty room. There were a few cots and a hell of a lot of medical supplies. Lots of cabinets and containers.
Shizuru walked Natsuki to one of the cots and attempted to lay her down gently…but ended up miscalculating the girl's weight, resulting on her almost falling on top the injured girl. She caught herself however, by extending her arms to grip the two sides of the bed. She found emerald eyes staring up into her crimson ones. "Ara…," she whispered. "Your lip is bleeding," Shizuru said as she broke the gaze and walked towards a medicine cabinet.
Natsuki winced as she remembered her lip getting busted. Then she remembered Tomoe…ew. "That Tomoe girl, is really screwed up I think," Natsuki said attempting to sit up a little, but failing miserably. "I think she licked me," Natsuki muttered.
Shizuru came back holding a container, some bandages, and tape. She put all the items down. "Ara, licked you?"
"Well, the blood. From my lip. I think it was some kind of weird, 'I drew your blood now I own you' thing. Which is why I think she's nuts," Natsuki said. "Hey aren't the other students going to get confused? I mean you're the teacher…and you're here…helping me."
Shizuru shook her head. "No, they all are free to use whatever training facilities they want as long as they're using them. Only if a teacher isn't around of course," she explained as she reached for Natsuki's top.
Natsuki frowned. "What are you doing?"
Shizuru stopped and sat back. "If you're not injured enough to take off your own shirt, be my guest."
Natsuki mumbled something under her breath and began unbuttoning her shirt, though she did it lying down. If she attempted to sit up using her abs at all she was sent into a world of pain. She managed successfully to unbutton her shirt, but…removing it would be a problem. She sighed. "Okay…I need help…"
Shizuru tried hard not to giggle. She nodded and helped Natsuki sit up. She removed the shirt and flinched when she saw the damage Tomoe had done. The girl's torso was blotched in black and blue. "You should've told her to stop," Shizuru choked out.
Natsuki was absolutely taken aback by the raw emotion in her teacher's words. "I uh, tried to. But Tomoe saw it coming and kicked me to stop me," Natsuki replied. She tried to lift her head to stare at the damage. Ouch. Seeing it makes me feel worse.
Shizuru ran her fingertips lightly down the girl's torso.
"Hey! What are you doing?!"
Shizuru frowned. "Relax, I'm barely touching you. I'm just seeing where it hurts."
"Oi! The black and blue marks might give you an idea."
"I'm just checking if your ribs are broken, calm down." Shizuru lightly tapped a rib.
Natsuki yelped.
"It's a little bruised…I think. If you're not having any trouble breathing it should heal fairly fast…"
"What's….fast?" Natsuki asked through clenched teeth.
"A week or two…" Months…
"A WEEK OR TWO?" Natsuki asked incredulously.
"Well the pain already stopped from when I tapped it right?"
Natsuki nodded.
"So then maybe less than a week. Maybe you just hurt it and it's not bruised. I'm not a very good doctor so I'm not sure," Shizuru smiled at Natsuki's dropped jaw.
"You're not a doctor? Oh now I'll trust all your medical advice," Natsuki snapped.
Shizuru grinned. "You're forgetting who you're talking to aren't you?"
Natsuki blinked. Then it dawned on her. "F-forgive me, Lt. Fujino!"
Shizuru giggled and shook her head. Ara my student is quite adorable. My student. Right. Ahem. Shizuru reached for one of the containers and squeezed some…white goop into her hand.
"I know that's going nowhere near me." Natsuki declared. Though it resembles mayo…
Shizuru sent her a look that made her shut up instantly. Shizuru rubbed her hands together and admired Natsuki's figure again before gently rubbing the ointment over the wounds. "It's to help the stinging," she explained.
"Funny, now I feel stinging." Natsuki pouted. She just really was uncomfortable with the fact that when her teacher touched her…she didn't mind much. It was odd. The pain she felt from normal physical contact was mostly just emotional. It bought back memories of her past. But when Shizuru did it…she felt…little to no emotional pain. It was close to just a touch. Close.
"You were numb before. Your body is waking up on its own now. Not because of this. This will make the pain go away."
Natsuki held back tears. Make the pain go away. "That's all I want," she whispered.
Shizuru looked up after hearing that. "N-Natsuki, are you okay?" The expression on the younger girl's face nearly broke her heart. She felt like she wanted to protect her from anything.
Natsuki snapped out of it. "Did you just call me Natsuki?"
Shizuru blinked. "Uuum," Natsuki found the total-casual 'um' coming from her teacher to be absolutely hilarious. She knew it would hurt if she laughed so she held it back. "Well we're out of school technically…so I guess I just forgot you were my student." Which I will never do again!
Natsuki nodded. She watched as Shizuru carefully bandaged part of her torso. Every so often she'd have to lift up so Shizuru could roll the bandage around her back, but in the end it was worth it. She felt better with the bandages over her, sort of like they were keeping her together so she didn't fall apart.
"Okay that should do it. We should wait before putting your shirt back on; we don't want to get any ointment I didn't cover with a bandage on it," Shizuru said as she overlooked her handiwork. She smiled and then looked at Natsuki. She frowned. "Your lip looks like it reopened."
Natsuki raised an eyebrow. "RE-opened?"
Shizuru blinked. "Oh. I noticed this morning at the track. It looked like it had recently healed. Same place."
Natsuki was impressed that Shizuru had noticed such a detail like that, though her subconscious was thinking more along the lines of 'she was looking at my lips? Weird.' "Yeah…before I came here. Broke a week ago I'd say."
Shizuru nodded, not wanting to pry. She took all her supplies and placed them back into the cabinet she had gotten them from. She then took a cotton ball from a glass container and ran it under water for a few seconds before sitting next to Natsuki's bedside again. She leaned over the younger girl and began dabbing at the blood on the younger girl's lips. It was almost intimate. Almost, but not.
Natsuki felt a blush coming to her cheeks. Oh come on. I'm in pain, my teacher is helping me out, and my cheeks have to turn red? This is so embarrassing.
Shizuru continued to lightly dab at Natsuki's lower lip with the cotton ball. She slowed down her dabbing, paused, and then slowly pulled apart Natsuki's lips with the same cotton ball, completely masking this to make it look like a really long dab at the cut. Natsuki stared up at her curiously, before Shizuru stood up abruptly, stalked to the trash, and flung out the cotton ball.
She turned around slowly and faced her student. "Private Kuga?"
Natsuki was shocked by the sudden formality. She forgot for a second. "Y-yes, Lt. Fujino?"
"I'll have a talk with Tomoe…and send Chie to come get you and take you to your room," Shizuru said without any emotion in her voice.
Natsuki stared at her teacher. Whoa bipolar much? "Um, okay…but wouldn't it make more sense to just ask Nao? Since she's my roommate and, well, I like her more than Chie."
Shizuru frowned. "No, I'll ask Chie to come help you."
"O-okay…" Natsuki watched her teacher walk towards the door and leave the room. What the hell?
About 30 minutes went by before Chie showed up. Natsuki had managed to get her shirt back on (with a couple of yelps and lots of pain).
"Why hello there, Miss Totally-Asks-For-It," Chie said folding her arms and smirking at Natsuki.
Natsuki grumbled. "I didn't ask for anything. The girl's nuts. Did you see that lick? Lick of blood?"
"Yeah that was weirdly hot," Chie replied making her way over to Natsuki's bedside.
"Only you, Chie, only you," Natsuki said shaking her head.
Chie shrugged. "Whatever, you're both hot. I just would never screw Tomoe. Plus everyone knows she's into Lt. Fujino anyways."
Natsuki looked up as Chie helped her from the bed. "What?"
"Oh I guess you've…only been here a day? Why do I feel like I've known you forever?"
Natsuki shrugged. "I don't know but what did you say about Tomoe before?"
"Oh," Chie said as she made sure Natsuki could walk on her own. She could. "Tomoe tries her hardest to impress Lt. Fujino. She couldn't give a damn about anyone else but herself and our teacher. It's a little creepy if you ask me."
Natsuki couldn't agree more.
That night Natsuki lay in her bed staring up at her ceiling. It wasn't long before she felt someone opening her covers and crawling in with her. She froze up…but noticed the physical connection didn't hurt. The body pulled itself on top of Natsuki's. It was warm.
"Nao?" she asked quietly. There was a movement of a head against Natsuki's shoulder that felt suspiciously like a nod. I'll take that as a yes.
Lime green eyes peered up at Natsuki from under her blanket. Nao moved until she was straddling Natsuki. She leaned her head down, their lips met…
And then Natsuki woke up. She instantly turned her head towards Nao's bed, the redhead was lightly snoring. Whew. Just a dream. That doesn't mean anything…people have weird dreams all the time about their friends! Natsuki didn't look too much into it. She was straight after all, and she was mostly just glad enough to have a normal dream that wasn't just her horrible past bubbling back through her subconscious. She prayed that was a sign that she could move on from her past. Nao sure looked hot in my dream. Is she that hot in real life? Natsuki stole another peek at Nao, who was now wide awake and staring right at her. Natsuki jumped 2 feet above her bed (which caused her to remember her rib situation)
"What the hell was that, Kuga?" Nao hissed from across the room.
"W-what the hell was what?" Natsuki asked tearing her gaze away from the intense one of the redhead and instead staring up at the ceiling.
"You were staring at me, don't even deny it."
"I had a dream I murdered you. Just making sure it was just a dream so I didn't have to make a run for it before they found your body."
Nao frowned. "Screw you, Kuga."
Natsuki smiled and snuggled back into her comfy bed. Before long she drifted back into sleep.
Woot. I'm actually really impressed with the amount of feedback I've gotten on the first chapter of this story, so I decided to write the second chapter before working on the 8th chapter of my first fic. (Don't worry fans of NFFTC I will be writing the 8th chapter for that fic before writing the 3rd for this one)
Yes this plot/story is much darker and serious than my previous fic.
Umm to clear some things up.
There are still no romantic feelings between Shizuru and Natsuki. (Well Shizuru has a little bit…but not quite yet. It's mostly subconscious, though by the end she's FULLY aware of the lust which freaks her out which is why she leaves in such a rush) Natsuki definitely likes Shizuru in a friend way(so far)…but Natsuki still thinks she's straight (HAH as if! Natsuki come out already.) Natsuki has some type of attraction to Nao because Nao is the first person to really care so much about her and have no problem showing it. Which explains the ending dream, which I wrote for fun and for the NatNao fans hahaha. It's basically her subconscious feelings coming out in dream form, you know how dreams distort everything? She has FEELINGS for Nao but…I'm pretty sure it's not those kind.
As for the dad thing. Natsuki was never actually raped…she was about to be but he fell asleep (thank god). I did this for a few reasons. (1) I've never been in this sort of situation, so I don't want to portray it in an unrealistic or offensive way. (2) I don't want to offend anyone. (3) I love Natsuki Kuga with a burning passion, therefore, I don't think I could write something like her getting legit raped by her DAD (though when he comes back…well that'll be an interesting chapter to write.)
For those of you thinking "GOD I HOPE THIS AUTHOR DOESN'T DITCH THIS STORY" I wrote out like….8 different story arcs for this fic. So I expect the chapters to go well into the 20s (which means this fic won't update as often as NFFTC since chapters for that fic are usually 8-10 pages, chapters for this fic are usually around 20)
I also revealed a bit of Anh Lu's past. Tell me what you thought? Interesting? Cliché? Foreshadowing?
Natsuki doesn't like touching because it reminds her of her past, however, there are two people in this story that don't have that painful effect on her…I revealed one today.
Most Powerful Council Members:
1st- Haruka (Sergeant)
2nd- Anh (Colonel)
3rd and 4th- Shizuru and Reito (Lieutenants)
5th- Yukino (Captain)
Basically Haruka can bark as many orders as she wants no one can say no. Anh can bark orders and only Haruka can say no etc. It's not that difficult lol.
Also Natsuki is fine. Shizuru is a bad doctor. The rib should only hurt her for about two or three days, it really wasn't that bad.
The "I vandalized this desk!" thing was actually taken from real life. I used to do that all the time. In permanent marker. hah.
So yes. If anyone has any questions feel free to PM me or just ask in the reviews. Hope you enjoyed. Don't be afraid to review!! Just please no: "Blah blah you're sick! Natsuki and her dad?!" because honestly, it's a story, and I thought it really worked with this plot so NEH.
So YES! End to long chapter notes. Hope you enjoyed the second chapter. Thanks for all the reviews!
OH RIGHT: I totally lied in last chapters 'next chapter' preview obviously.
Next Chapter 3:
There's a Fuuka Military Academy attack on the students of Garderobe….while Natsuki is taking a bathroom break. She walks out to find her class taken as hostages. How will that go? And after that, Natsuki signs up for a competition…which is probably a bad idea seeing as Tomoe is signing up for the same one too…and she really wants this prize.
