A blood trail.

Little seven-year old Natsuki followed the small drops of blood from her front yard into the backyard. In her hand was a small first aid kit always stocked with supplies. The trail of blood ended at a small pile of tawny rope covered by the high grass blades. No wait, it wasn't a piece of rope it was a snake. A beautiful light brown snake with a white underbelly. The small animal was bleeding from its back and running down its side.

Picking up a long stick Natsuki gently poked the creature on an uninjured part of its back. It didn't snap at her or even move. "Are you sleeping?" Figuring it was best to work when it was unconscious Natsuki opened the kit and took out the gauze. She cleaned the wounds and wrapped them up in gauze. "Don't worry; I'll care for you." The fearless child picked the limp reptile up with both hands and walked into her house.

Natsuki frowned it was sunset and the serpent had yet to move. Unsure she picked it up and held it near her ear. The girl heard the slightest of beats indicating that the animal was still alive. For the rest of the night she reclined in her bed holding the snake stroking its little head.

Slowly she came to her unfamiliar surroundings arousing fear in her heart. The 'rock' under her slowly moved up and down making her recoil back. The sudden movement brought pain to her back. She looked back to inspect the damage that damn feline caused and noticed the bandage around her slim body. Her attention drifted back to the moving rock slowly putting two and two together. This human had saved her and this human was beginning to wake up.

Uncertainty gather up inside as she lied back down and played dead. The snake remained perfectly still and didn't move except for light breathing. Natsuki dozed in an out her hand unconsciously rose to the reptile's head rubbing her affectionately. The serpent automatically leaned into the warm touch alerting the girl she was awake.

The ebony haired girl sat up quickly accidently throwing the snake off her body. "Sorry." The child apologized gathering the hurt animal into her arms. The wild animal flicked her tongue in an annoyed manner but seemed to forgive her anyway. "You should rest some more." Natsuki said with a yawn settling back down to bed. In agreement the legless creature slipped under her flannel PJ top seeking the warmth of her skin on the chilly night. She curled up letting the raise and fall of the human's chest lure her into a peaceful sleep.

The cold blooded animal awoke in a glass container, a small fish bowl to be exact. One container that would be easy for her to escape out of. The lamp was turned on and pointed at her. She lifted her head hearing the pitter patter of little foot steps heading her way. The raven haired woman ran into her bedroom. As soon as she saw the snake she calmed down reaching with both hands to pick her up. The serpent wrapped itself securely around her hand. "I thawed you a mouse to eat." The girl said happily placing the snake in the plugged up sink. "I bet you're hungry."

The green eyed girl watched with great interest as the snake immediately curled around the rodent squeezing it to 'death.' Within minutes the mouse was gone leaving a very happy snake. "Did that fill you up Duran?" The reptile lifted her head to stare at the girl curiously her tongue flicked out. "What's wrong you don't like your name?" Picking the animal back up the tan creature was placed back into the fish bowl.

"I borrowed this snake book from the library on the way home from school." She flipped opened the book and the first page was the different between males and females. Duran was brought back out of the bowl and placed on the book. The cold blooded animal watched as the child inspected her tail without the slightest bit of modesty. "Oh, you're a girl. Hm, then I guess Duran doesn't really fit."

Natsuki rubbed her chin thinking of a fitting name for the wounded creature. "How about Shizuru? That was the name of my kindergartener teacher. She was really nice to me." When the snake wrapped herself around her small arm she took that as approval.

Since then they were inseparable. Where ever Natsuki was Shizuru followed slithering behind and never trailing away from her. Shizuru rested on the edge of the bathtub waiting for Natsuki to finish sometimes she even joined her in the tub. They relaxed around the house together, watching tv together and even sleeping together.

The blunette gently pulled off the gauze. The wound had healed leaving only one small scar on her back. From her head down Natsuki stroked the scales of her back openly giving her love and affection to her companion. "You've made a completely recovery." The girl said with a smile.

Lying down on the soft mattress both females got ready for bed. They both found comfortable spots. Shizuru was under her PJ top and the blankets with her head peeking out. Kissing the serpent's head affectionately she said her good night and closed her eyes. Shizuru retracted back under her shirt and settled down.

Soon the raven haired girl was fast asleep and the animal peeked out again. Lovingly she bumped her chin against the human's. "I've decided, Natsuki. Once you've hit sexual maturity you'll be mine." Opening her mouth wide she pulled back and moved forward biting into the tender flesh of her neck without waking her.

The bite was quick the pain dulled immediately after her fangs were retracted. Natsuki still couldn't move as she felt a long flexible tongue lick at her bleeding neck. Without much movement Shizuru slipped off her yukata and placed Natsuki's hands at her back. One hand was firmly stationed on her waist while the other stroked her back. The biker could feel the familiar rough scales of the snake and the rough area of her scar.

Natsuki blinked slowly becoming more aware of her surroundings. The chestnut haired female was covered in random spots of tan and white scales. While Natsuki was amazed Shizuru wasted no time in trying to free the younger woman of her clothes. The dark haired woman jumped as she felt one of her breast getting roughly fondled. Using her teeth Shizuru pulled off her mittens there was no need for them anymore. The scale covered palm of her hand brushed up against the sensitive nipple hardening the little pebble of flesh without much stimulation.

"Shizuru, wait!" The snake stopped moving when she felt her love gently push her away. "What happened to you that night? Why were you gone the next morning?" The taller woman heard the sadness in her voice and stopped all sexual advances. Instead she pressed her body into the other woman's cuddling like they once use to.

"I'm wild, as much as I love you I craved being free. However, I never completely left. Everyday I would watch you walk to school and come home waiting for the day we could finally be mates. I cried tears of joy that day I was able to join your class. Even though I could tell you didn't like me I wasn't going to give up."

"Isn't that the truth." The ebony haired girl muttered in realization. "So those little animals you left on my bed were…?"

"I was trying to court you by bring you food. Most animals would be extremely happy to receive free meals but apparently they were all in bad tastes?"

"You think?" Natsuki chuckled.

"Well you didn't seem to mind kissing me on the mouth after giving me a rodent to eat. How was I supposed to know that my effort was futile? Especially with that gross white stuff you eat on bread."

"Hey mayo is amazing! Besides unless it's a life or death situation most humans don't eat rodents."

"Meh, whatever."

"Shizuru, you still haven't explained to me how you're here." The reptile knew what the human was talking about when she felt a hand rub her arm.

The brunette grinned. "Well, that day I chose a real good target to be my lunch."


Shizuru waited for her prey to get closer. She lied as still as possible once the insect was with range she actually trapped it. The reptile was feeling awfully sadistic. She loved cornering spiders more then any other prey. Shizuru hissed threateningly enjoying the fear in its eight eyes. "You don't want to eat me."

"And why not?"

"Because if you let me go I can give you a chance to get what you desire most."

Shizuru's mood suddenly changed as she turned to look at Natsuki's house. Her sadist mood was replaced with that of longing. "Impossible, you couldn't give me what I want."

"Yes I can. If you let me live I'll give you a chance to mate with the female human." The snake hesitated thinking it was nothing but a trick for the spider to get away but nodded in agreement. The arachnid began to spin a red web. Once finished she threw it over the snake's body. The serpent didn't feel anything as she turned human. No pain or rush of adrenaline just a simple shift.

Shizuru stood loosing balance only once as she got use to having limbs. She flexed her fingers moving each digit till she figured out coordination. The tawny haired woman gazed down at her patched of scales. Regardless, this was good enough. Shizuru, in the nude, walked up to Natsuki opened bedroom window and peeked in. It was empty. Raiding the closet quickly she put on the only thing the fit her new body.

Wearing a full snow suit the girl followed Natsuki's scent to school ignoring the strange looks people where giving her. "So this is it. I believe Natsuki called the leader of this place the principle. Find the principle, join Natsuki's class and then get her to mate with me." Finding the principle's territory was easy. As soon as she walked in the leader's room was on the left and the door was opened.

Shizuru let herself in. The leader was busy and didn't look up. "I request that you put me in my mate's class." The old grey haired human looked up with one eyebrow raised. She stared right into unblinking crimson orbs.

"Alright, I'll get you the uniform."

"I need the male's uniform, it's a lot less revealing." Without an argument the old woman handed her the men's outfit.

"You start tomorrow."

"Thanksss." She accidently hissed out her tongue on reflex flipped out. Quickly she withdrew her tongue a light blush on her cheeks. The cold blood female rushed out of the building in happiness.

"I've seen stranger things on this job." The principle muttered throwing herself back into her work.


"That's pretty much it." Shizuru said with a smile pressing her lips against her loves.

"You know, that day I was really hoping that the trail of blood lead to a dog. A cute dog that would be thankful I saved them and be my best friend forever."

"Really? Well, either way it seemed as though I didn't disappoint you with the loving way you took care of me." The older female whispered into her ear. Natsuki shivered a slight raise of hormones flooded her body making her mind go cloudy. The snake was able to smell this reaction in her mate and kept up raising her desire to its maximum.

Once there she easily got the human at of her clothes and into the position she wanted. It was well worth the wait the chestnut haired female thought humming in pleasure. She shivered at the warmth that Natsuki's entrance offered her fingers. After the mating session Shizuru watched Natsuki curl up like a puppy and fall asleep. Even so her hands never stopped touching the blunette's body.

Placing a gentle kiss on her cheek Shizuru's eyes caught sight of movement on the wall. "Spider, are you here?" The spider began spinning another web.


A/N: You all thought this was a vampire fic didn't you? Well it's not! Haha. I purposely mislead you 'cause I'm evil like that. Are vampires the only things you people think about? ;) I really like to write Shizuru snake fics, they almost make me want a snake as a pet, almost. For future reference when I use the term mythological in the summary that usual means there is animal crossbreeding. (though there are no babies in this fic they next one will though)

Sorry to disappoint mostly all of you but the Chie/Mai is basically only in the first chapter… They arn't really needed anymore it give more time to shiznat anyway. After seeing Chie hug Mai in front of the train in that episode I'm shocked there are still none Chie/Mai fics out there. In fact I liked them before I Chie/Aoi. I didn't really like Aoi before she justed seemed a little boring.

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