Hey, thanks for the review ladies and gents. You guys gave me a little motivation there, prompting an immediate update. I'm quite surprised that some of you wanted Natsuki as the 'Big Bad Wolf', and honestly, the idea is appealing, I just can't see my girl being an antagonist. However, she do have a big role in the story so don't fret, fellow readers.

And now it's time for further story development.

MAI-HiME

LITTLE RED RIDING NAO

CHAPTER ONE

AKAZUKIN

"Let this be punishment for you, Mr. Big Shot. You can't waltz around the city snatching up women that aren't of legal age. It's criminal." Nao lectured, now the driver of the said Navigator from chapter one. "Don't you know how much trouble you can get into with that shit? Jeez, haven't any of you guys learned from R. Kelly?"

The once powerful owner of the SUV was crying already. Both of his eyes were black and virtually swollen shut.

"I know. It hurts doesn't it?" Nao added insult to injury. "It's not everyday that you run into a girl that can kick your ass." She took a right at a traffic light. "I may be cute and wear a skirt but I'd definitely knocked your dick in the dirt."

"Augh..." The victim moaned behind the gag.

"Got-damn it! Stop crying like a little bitch." Nao snapped. "I hate it when you guys do that. You all brought it upon yourselves." Her cellular in her pocket began ringing and she grunted when she identified the number. "What is it, Mom?"

"When are you going to come home, little girl?" Her mother demanded.

Nao grinned sheepishly. "Uh... as soon as bible study is done for tonight." She lied, moving a step closer to hell. "You know how Miss Yukariko is, she really gets into the teaching of the Good Book."

Her mother wasn't buying it. "Hmm, sounds to me that you're riding in a vehicle. What is it this time? Another boyfriend of yours?"

"No. It's not that, Mom." Nao stammered. "Our study group just left the religious bookstore. We're a bunch of bookworms as well."

Nao's mother sighed. "Oh well. It couldn't be help," she said. "By the way, your grandmother called."

"Huh? Grandma called for me?" Nao wondered. The man suddenly groaned again from the back seat.

"Wwwhhrrrr!"

"What was that?" The noise startled her mom.

"Ah! Someone was just praying," Nao lied again. "He's testifying."

"Umm-umm. You guys are serious over there aren't y'all?"

"You can say that." A single large bead of sweat hovered near her head. "Anyway, what did Grandma want with me?"

"Yeah. Mama wants you to come over for a visit. She hasn't seen you in a couple of years." Nao's mother confirmed. "You should go see her. You know she only has a few good years left. Go ahead and bond with her again."

"C'mon Mom." Nao wasn't buying the bull crap. "Grandma is healthier than you and me put together."

"Little girl, you are going to visit Mama." Her mother's voice blackened. "You're going to give her a visit tomorrow and that's final. Do you understand me?"

Nao was humbled and there wasn't a damn thing she could do. "Yes ma'am. I'll visit her first thing in the morning."

"Good. You got another hour to bring your butt home," she followed up with another ultimatum. "If I were you, I'd make haste." She hung up.

Nao flipped her phone close. "Damn it! Time surely flies when you're having fun." She glanced at the gas monitor. It was blinking 'low fuel' in red letters. "Well, little buddy, it looks like we don't have that much further to go." She soon noticed that the police station was about a quarter mile down the street they were on. "Hey, tonight's your lucky night. Why not I stop by that joint and plaster a big ass sign on your ride that lets the law know that you're a child molester? Doesn't that sounds like fun?"

"AUGH!" He screamed horribly as Nao paralleled-parked between two police cars and left the emergency flashers on. She took out a thick marker and a sheet of notebook paper. She wrote what she promised what she would do and placed it on the windshield of the vehicle. The statutory violator gave the redhead a pleading puppy dog look.

"Aw. I almost feel sorry for you." Nao tilted her head to the side with a devilish grin. "Oh well, that's it for our little date. Have a good time in the slammer. Don't drop the soap, pal. I heard they have some serious booty mashers in jail." She began laughing hysterically and skipped away from the scene like an innocent schoolgirl.

The molester's eyes widened in pure terror. You might as well say that he died and went to hell. "WAAAAAUGGH!"

MAI-HiME

Elsewhere in an undisclosed area...

Akane Higurashi was pretty sure she wasn't dreaming. She remembered that she was buck-naked along with her boyfriend in a room at some seedy love motel. Sex with her Kazu-kun was imminent and losing her virginity was inevitable. She was absolutely sure that her cousin Maya wouldn't cock-block her this time. A wild night of magic and ecstasy was hers for the taking. So why...

Why didn't it happen?

With her luck, Akane's sex life was denied once again. How was she thwarted this time? Maybe it was her fate to live and die a virgin? Hell to the no! Getting busted was one of her life's goals. With determination to get some filling every fiber of her being, she stirred awake and discovered a tremendous pain inside her skull.

"Ooh..." She grunted and plopped her head onto something extremely soft.

"Ara, it looks like you're finally coming to," sang a dulcet voice.

"Huh?" Akane popped her eyes wide open and gazed into the most beautiful face she has ever seen. Wait a minute? Something was not right. She was with Kazuya at a motel. She also remembered they were getting pissy drunk before they got down to business. So what the hell was a woman doing here?

"Are you well, Miss?" She asked.

Akane suddenly realized that it wasn't a pillow she was currently propped on, she was resting her head on the stranger's rather well-endowed chest. Akane suddenly jumped up in alarm. "Ack! Sorry about that." She apologized with a massive blush on her face.

The stranger giggles good-naturedly. "What is it to be sorry about, friend? You were sleeping rather peacefully. You were as cute as a newborn sleeping like that." The stranger stood from her spot in the dark corner and Akane noticed how much taller than her the stranger was. She was probably around five feet seven inches tall and she had rather unique features. She was definitely Japanese, a girl of the Kansai due to her rich Kyoto accent, but she had an additional grace to her. She probably has Swedish in her blood, or maybe French. Her body's curvatures spoke volumes of the said culture.

There was something definitely familiar about this woman-- especially her cherry brown eyes. Akane couldn't exactly pinpoint it. "It's a pleasure to meet you," she greeted. "I am Fujino Shizuru."

The instant recognition made Akane ignore her hangover. "Say what? You're the newswoman from FNC. My boyfriend truly adores you." She said the last line with a little resentment. "He tells me that you're the sole reason he watches the news in the first place."

"I'm quite flattered." Shizuru replied. The clothes she rocked were expensive. She was wearing a black button down blouse along with a long skirt that was lavender in color. The designer boots she wore had to cost a pretty yen.

"By the way, the name's Higurashi Akane." The shorter girl bowed respectfully. "And my question is: where are we?"

The Kyoto knockout suddenly looked trouble. "We're in captivity."

The younger girl was struck dumbfounded. "Captivity? What do you mean by that?"

"Take a look around."

Akane did as told and gasped when she noticed the scenery. If she knew any better, this place looks like a jail cell or a dungeon. The cell she was in was rather large, housing three beds, a television set and a sink. There were sleeping bodies on two of the three beds. "How did I get here?"

"Ara, I asked myself the same question when I first arrived here." Shizuru relayed. "Apparently, we've been kidnapped."

This came as a shock to Akane. "Kidnapped? Shizuru, how long have you been here?"

"Hmm..." She took a glance at a couple of highlighter marks on the wall. "I've been here for nearly a month now."

"What?" Akane sang. If she was indeed kidnapped, then the culprit was modest enough to put her clothes back on before committing the crime. Akane damn sure was butt ass naked when she passed out.

"Hey-hey! Cut it out with that bird voice of yours." A cellmate on one of the beds complained. "People are trying to sleep over here, ya know."

"Ah! Please forgive us for the disturbance, Miss Kouda." Shizuru informed. "But we have a new friend among us."

"Got-damn it, another one?" The girl named Kouda grunted in annoyance and sat up in the bed. "Welcome to the dungeon, toots." She pointed a finger towards Shizuru. "Be careful of our pretty friend there, she's a doozey."

"Ara, I love you too." Shizuru humored.

"I bet." Akari sighed. "I can tell from how much you mention that I remind you of your special friend." She patted the person on the bed next to hers. "Hey Mai, wake your little busty ass up. We have a new girl in our surrogate household."

"Hmm. Mikoto you... you have to stop grabbing... my breasts like that." The girl named Mai was talking in her sleep. "My boobs... they're sensitive... right now. ZZZzzzz."

Annoyed, Kouda went for another tactic to awaken Mai. She abruptly hopped out of bed, made a grab for Mai's melons and "Kouda Family's Amazing Secret Technique Number Sixteen! Tittie Twister! Hyah!"

"Ow! AAAAHHH!" Mai wailed, fully awake and alert now. She was on the verge of tears. "Stop it! Mercy! Mercy!"

The Kansai brunette tried her best to suppress her mirth while introducing the others. "Akane-san, this is Kouda Akari and the one that received the rude awakening is Tokiha Mai."

Mai turned to face Akane in a huff. That slight movement made her buxom chest bounce slightly. "Nice to meet you. It's a pleasure." Her tone was friendly but she held a flustered expression. She didn't appreciate Kouda abusing her breasts like that.

Something alarming dawned on Akane. "You're the three missing women."

Shizuru nodded and spoke in a solemn voice. "Correct. The three women missing along with many others, it's heartbreaking."

"It sucks," Akari chimed in. "You might as well say that we're in prison."

Mai, the cute perky girl with the ginger hair, went towards a glass wall. "You said it. The food here is terrible. The meals are made by the guy that kidnapped all of us."

"This is bad." Akane sighed. "Haven't anyone tried to escape this place yet?"

At that moment, Shizuru's hand went to her mouth with a gasp and Mai started cackling. Akari on the other hand, grumbled to herself as if she was embarrassed by something. That let Akane know that Akari tried to escape before. "You couldn't get away?" Akane wondered. "What happened?"

The regal woman in Shizuru was gone, replaced by a mischievous young girl. She too was now giggling at Kouda's apparent previous setback. "Simply walking out this cell is easy enough, but Kouda-san never suspected that it seemed a little too easy."

"I tell you one thing," Mai snickered. "Akari definitely got the point that there's no escaping this place."

"Shut it up." Akari fumed. With a sigh, the blue-haired cutie turned around on her heels and hiked her miniskirt up to reveal her shapely derriere clothed in royal blue shaped-panties and a large bandage on the outer edge of her left butt cheek. To Akane's stupefaction, Kouda didn't seem to be ashamed about showing her butt to strangers in such fashion. That was truly the mark of a confident girl. "It still stings too."

Mai was nearing hysterics. She was rolling on one of the beds in laughter. "The security went off and just when she thought she was free, Akari got tranquilized in the ass."

"It went in deep too," Akari added, much to her chagrin.

"Ara, Kouda-san has quite a nice backside." Shizuru complimented. "Her backside is just as cute as Natsuki's"

Kouda gasped and glowed scarlet in the face. "Shizuru, you gotta stop complimenting my assets like that."

"Well, it's the truth," remarked Shizuru. The gaze she gave the younger girl was almost... predatory.

Akane sighed and fell on a bed. "I simply cannot believe this. The entire city is worried sick about every last one of us in this unknown dungeon. Are we doomed to remain here for the rest of our lives?"

Mai looked off into space and the troubled look returned on Shizuru's face. "I... we don't know."

"Hey, it's not that bad." Kouda chirped. "At least we have a big ass HD television set in here and there's a bathroom down the hall. Oh, and speaking of television, American Idol's about to come on."

Akane's eyebrows became checkmarks. "You actually watch that show?"

"Yeah, it's all about the comedy," Akari relayed. "I get a kick out of the judges-- especially Paula Abdul, her drunk ass."

"As I recall, you're an aspiring actress yourself," Shizuru commented thoughtfully. "Is that right, Kouda-san?"

"You're got-damn right I am!" Kouda's vanity was now as clear as day. "I'm going to be a world-renown actress. People will praise my name in many nations, from here to Canada, baby!"

"And to continue following your dreams, you must escape from here without being tranked in the ass this time." Mai giggled.

"You shut the hell up, Boob Saibot." Akari snapped.

"Hey!" Mai wailed, clearly affronted by the Mortal Kombat reference.

"You guys are something else." Akane commented with a humorous smirk on her face. With cellmates like Mai and Kouda, this wasn't so bad. Suddenly, the wails of another girl could be heard down the hall. "Shoot. What is it this time?"

Shizuru tilted her head upwards slightly. "He's coming."

"The kidnapper?" Akane wondered.

"The kidnapper," The three cellmates confirmed.

The yells drew closer and louder. "You put me down right now! You think that you're going to get away with this?" The enraged voice said. " My dad is in the marines and once he finds out where you're hiding he's going to whoop your sorry ass!"

"You shut the hell up," the kidnapper snapped. It was a male's voice, baritone and imposing. "Your dad isn't going to do a got-damn thing."

"Ooh, you're roasted, pal!" The girl raged. "Dad's going to fire your ass up!"

Annoyed, the kidnapper said, "Fuck your daddy!" The hijacker and the abducted girl was now in view. The culprit was tall and broad-shouldered and his face is concealed in a large hood. He held the stark angry girl over his right should. With such a short skirt on, the girl shouldn't be kicking out her legs like that. Heck, it looks like she wasn't wearing any underwear either.

"No, screw you!" Her baby face contorted in rage, she was still undeniably cute. With long brown hair and a slender body frame to boot, the girl looked like as if she came straight out of a glamour magazine. She was taken into a cell right across from Shizuru and the others. The captor threw her own the bed roughly. "Hey, handle with care, jackass!"

"Girl, will you shut the heck up already?" The antagonist hissed, catching hell while trying to undo the binds on the girl's wrists. Once the girl was free she immediately got to her feet and threw a punch at the kidnapper. Unfortunately for her, the guy was apparently well-versed in the art of combat. He caught the girl's fist and judo-slammed her ass on the bed. After surprising her, he was out. "That'll teach you, ya crazy broad." He grinned.

"Hey! You just got a lucky shot in, that's all! I bet cha that won't happen again!" She challenged. "I've learn a few moves from my father. Come on and try me."

The culprit sighed; some people just don't know the meaning of defeat. Reluctantly he returned to the cell and allowed the angry girl another shot at him. "C'mon... let's get this over with."

"That's more like it! Take this-- hyah!" The brunette delivered a roundhouse and just like her previous attack, it was countered. He caught her offending leg in his hands and used his right foot to trip her while she was off balance. "Whoa!"

And with that, she met linoleum.

BLOMP!

"Game over. I'm out of here." He dismissed himself and the two other girls in the cell started laughing at her.

"That wasn't funny," she whined, rubbing the back of her head on the floor. "That actually hurt."

Right across from the cell where the little fiasco happened, Mai seemed to recognize the defeated girl. "Wait a minute... I think I know her."

Kouda was laughing. "Whoever she is, her ass got dropped. Twice."

Mai was certain that she knew the brown-haired stranger. "Aoi Senou?"

The now humbled beauty across the hall raised her head at the sound of her name. "Yes? Who said my name?"

Mai brightened; a familiar face from back in the day. "It was me, Aoi. Look over here!" She directed.

The girl named Aoi focused her attention at Mai from across the narrow hall. After a long moment of silence, recognition dawned on her puerile face. "Tokiha Mai?"

"Yep, that's me." Mai confirmed. "It's been a while, huh?"

Aoi studied Mai's profile, and to be honest, she grew a tad bit jealous. "Wow. You've really grown up. And out."

Mai blushed. "Yea, things changed a lot since middle school. I see that you've ditched the glasses. You're so pretty."

"Tell me something that I don't know, classmate." Aoi giggled.

"Hey, when was the last time you've seen Chie?" Mai asked. "Are you guys still friends?"

Ooh," Aoi's face was suddenly boiling red. "Uh, yeah we're still friends," she replied. "As a matter of fact, we're closer than ever."

Mai was definitely glad to see an old friend. "That's cool. I wonder how she looks now. I wonder does she still has very long hair?"

Aoi was about to reply but a ruckus suddenly erupted. A royally pissed female with forest green hair stormed out of her cell. "This is total bullshit!" She shrieked. "Don't tell me that all of us were kidnapped by that guy-- just one guy!"

Speak of the devil and he'll surely appear out of nowhere. The hooded culprit returned to the scene with a large cart full of microwave food. An expression of venomous rage marked the girl's face when she saw him. Her companion, a cute girl with a rather large forehead, feared the worse. "Don't do it," she advised. "Don't do it, Tomoe."

The captor noticed said girl that was about to confront him in the hallway. "What the hell?"

"Nah, screw that! He's going to get it, Miya!" The girl now known as Tomoe raged. She pulled a large switchblade from her pocket. "He's meat! This guy is dead!"

"Oh no," Mr. Culprit sighed. "Not you again."

"Tomoe! Noooo!" Miya screamed.

With unrestrained ire in her eyes, Tomoe charged at him. "I'll see you again.. in hell! RRRRAAAGHHH!" The girl moved so fast that it actually surprised him. He dodged the blade at the very last moment, only to discover that the bottom half of his cape was ripped, revealing his long gray tail. He didn't have the time to worry about his cover being blown because Tomoe charged at him again. "Die!"

In a flash, Mr. Culprit fished out what looked like a handgun made in outer space and, "Zap your Dumb-ass!"

KKIIITZZ!!

"Ugh!" A severe volt of electricity coursed through Tomoe's body as she hit the floor. "Shit."

Everyone was looking at this new development in awe and fear. More noticeably, this guy has a tail! "Got-damn it! Next time you try to pull off a stunt like that I'll make sure to hit your ass with something that'll nap you for good." He disregarded Tomoe as he looked around the place. "The food's ready."

Bullshit. Everyone was too shocked to eat. Tomoe on the other hand, got her ass fricasseed.

MAI-HiME

The following morning Nao was at a local cafe. She decided that she should stop by the place for a drink before heading towards her grandmother's house in the outskirts of town. The majority of her wardrobe was red. The only part of her outfit that was different in color was her boots. One good look at her and you would think that she was impersonating the Little Red Riding Hood.  The café associate eyed her curiously. "What's with the get-up, kid?" He was a rail thin man nearing forty years of age. "Is there a cosplay party going on around town?"

"Dude, it's none of your business," Nao retorted curtly. "Just give me a blueberry Gatorade and a deli sandwich. And make it snappy. I got important matters at hand today."

The redhead's grimy attitude was an obvious sign that told him back off. "Uh… right." He stammered. "Your order will be ready shortly." He retreated into the kitchen with haste.

"Asshole," muttered Nao. Just as she was about to get her ipod out of her backpack, someone significant entered the café.  This person was female and she was quite eye-catching with her classic china doll features. Her bluish-obsidian hair waved sensuously as she trotted through the café, easily earning attention from the other patrons. With a stylish motorcycle helmet tucked under her left arm, any fool can guess that she was a biker chick. The stranger sat at a table opposite the one Nao was on. The redhead knew who she was. "Kuga," she said the woman's name as if it left a nasty taste in her mouth.

The blue-haired knockout heard her name being said and gazed at a horrible imitation of Little Red Riding Hood. "Yuuki Nao?" She wondered in a befuddled tone. Her voice was tomboyish, yet still feminine. "What the hell is up with that outfit?"

"It's nothing that concerns you," the redhead grinned. "By the way, you may call me Akazukin."

Natsuki stared at the younger girl as if she was one of the craziest people in the world. "You know what?" She made a cuckoo gesture. "You don't have em all."

END OF CHAPTER ONE

NEXT CHAPTER:

The culprit's identity is revealed at last and it's going to be an unexpected surprise. Chie and Natsuki are growing increasingly worried because they could be next to get kidnapped. And why did Mashiro delivered Yukino a haymaker to the nose?  Last but not least, Nao's grandmother is missing. She's conveniently replace by you-know-who. That's the 411 in the next chapter.

CHAPTER TWO

THE BIG BAD WOLF

Did anyone notice the hint in this chapter? If you didn't, read again.  It's definitely there. And for that don't know who Akari Kouda is, she's a main character from the hilarious anime/manga, Girl's High. Her joke, Boob Saibot, is a reference to Noob Saibot, a hidden character from the Mortal Kombat franchise.