Author's Note: Here it is part 2! We hope you enjoy! :) Comments are greatly appreciated!

Disclaimer: We unfortunately do not own Shigure or Ayame but we do own Katarina and Artemis ^^


With dinner now over, Shigure yawned widely and said, "Well, I suppose it's time for bed! Come," he said to the girls, "I will show you to your rooms."

He led them up the stairs and showed them each to their simple but elegant bedrooms, which were joined by a bathroom.

"Goodnight! Sleep tight! Don't let the bedbugs bite!" Shigure said cheerfully, leaving Katarina and Artemis standing awkwardly together.

Artemis, still embarrassed about her spazz attack at seeing Katarina, said, "Um…I'm sorry about the…uh…ear rape. I just got so excited! I've never seen a real elf before!"

Katarina smiled slightly, "It's okay." Katarina then reached out and grabbed Artemis's ears the same way Artemis had grabbed her own. "There, we're square."

"Oh… Okay. Goodnight then," said Artemis as she headed off to her own room. As soon as they fell into bed both fell instantly asleep, exhausted from their long journeys that day that day.

The next morning, Shigure's voice carried through the house, "I'm hungryyyy! Make me some foooooood!" Katarina leapt out of bed and threw on a white dress with a pink top and lace covering the pink. She dashed down the stairs to make Shigure breakfast.

Artemis climbed slowly out of the warm embrace of her bed, groggily threw the door open, and shouted, "You could at least say PLEASE!" She then proceeded to go back to her room and get herself ready for the day. When Artemis came down the stairs ten minutes later, she was dressed in a black and red checkered mini-skirt, a black tube top, and her hair was now pixie cut with pink highlights, and a black bow on the left side.

Katarina was just about to serve Shigure his breakfast when he caught a glimpse of Artemis. His mouth dropped wide open. As Artemis sat down, Shigure said, "That's an awfully short skirt…" and then tried to look under the table. Artemis responded with a good hard kick to his shin. "Mind yourself pervert!" She yelled.

"OWWW! What did you do that for? I didn't do anything!" Artemis chose to ignore Shigure's question. Katarina joined the others at the table.

"Um, WHAT are you wearing?" asked Artemis, staring at Katarina's elaborate dress.

"What am I wearing? What are YOU wearing?" replied Katarina giving a disapproving look at Artemis's short skirt and tube top.

"I'm expressing myself, that's what I'm doing! I can finally wear whatever I want!" said Artemis, "What's your excuse? If you haven't noticed people around here don't wear floor length dresses on an every day basis. You look like some kind of princess!"

"I am a princess," said Katarina calmly, continuing to eat her food.

"Not here, you aren't!" Their argument was stopped as Shigure rushed to the phone, dialed a number, and spoke to whoever was on the other end.

"Ayame, I need you to do something for me. Get here as quickly as you can!" The girls exchanged a glance, somehow knowing Shigure was up to something.

A few hours later when Katarina, Artemis, and Shigure were sitting in the living room the door bell rang, causing Shigure to eagerly prance to the door, but before he could reach it the door dramatically flew open revealing one of the most beautiful men the girls have ever seen.

He was a tall, elegant man who seemed to carry an air of importance. He had beautiful, long, platinum blonde hair that fell below his waist and tempting silver eyes. He wore a long purple Asian styled tunic that had slits on the side, revealing white pants.

The girls eyes grew wide as they took in his beauty and Artemis could hardly keep herself from attacking his hair. (Artemis had a thing for guys with long hair.)

Shigure ran to give Ayame a warm man-hug. "Aya, it's been sooo long!"

"Oh yes Gure it has been! Now why is it you called me out here? Could it be that you were in need of some company?" Ayame winked.

"No not this time, Aya, although your offer is tempting I have other plans for you. You see I would love to take these high school girls out to that party at the Magic Palace, but they have nothing to suitable to wear." Shigure explained, gesticulating wildly.

"Oh dear! How tragic! I must take their measurements at once!" Ayame said with a determined gleam in his eyes.

"Wait, what party?" Artemis asked concerned.

"Oh just a little get together," Shigure said nonchalantly. Artemis still wasn't convinced.

"Don't worry, you'll look fabulous!" Ayame leaned close down to her face so that his hair fell over her like a veil.

"Oh…Okay…" Artemis blushed. As she reached out to stroke his long hair, and swooned ever so slightly. Shigure narrowed his eyes at the scene, but then quickly shrugged, 'Oh well,' he thought, 'I still got Katarina.'

Ayame conjured a tape measure and beckons the girls to come over. As Ayame proceeded to take the girl's measurements he kept going on and on about what colors and styles would look best on the two girls, while Artemis continued to be enamored by Ayame's hair, Katarina looked immensely uncomfortable, and Shigure watched eagerly from the corner.

Once Ayame finished taking the girl's measurements, he and Shigure disappeared down into the basement where the "worked" on the dresses, leaving Artemis and Katarina alone together.

Shortly after Shigure and Ayame descended into the basement, the radio, as it had the previous night at dinner, came on blaring Right Now by Akon throughout the house.

"It's been so long since I haven't seen your face. I've got to be strong, but the strength I have is washing away. I wanna make love right now na na na…" Katarina's eyes grew wide as the meaning of the music clicked in her mind. She glanced over at Artemis, who was singing along.

"What is this obscenity? Why do they need music like this to make dresses?" Asked Katarina.

"Ummm…you probably don't want to know…" replied Artemis.

"So what's it like where you're from?" Katarina asked.

Artemis's entire manner changed as she launched into a tirade about her village, "It was absolutely DREADFUL! Women had NO freedom, and it was entirely populated by a bunch of close-minded fools! I was expected to marry this jerk of a king who had an unhealthy obsession with money and expected me to have lots of babies! He was such a MAN-BITCH!"

Katarina just stared at her. "Wow… I'm so sorry. That sounds terrible! Rivendell was much better. It was a place of beauty and welcomed creativity."
"Why did you leave, then, if Rivendell is so good?"

Katarina smiled sadly, then answered, "Elves…We get a longing for the sea, to cross the ocean to the Undying Lands. We get the urge when out time here on Earth is complete. Everyone I knew-all my friends and family- got the longing, but I never did. I was alone. Never had I felt so utterly alone. That's why I came here. To meet new people, and start over."

"Well, we are both here now, to start a new life," said Artemis reassuringly. At that moment, Shigure and Ayame burst in, each looking very disheveled and wearing satisfied expressions on their faces, and each carrying an extravagant dress.

"What took you so long? How much effort does it take to make a dress?" Katarina asked.

"Well… you see, Katarina, Ayame and I were-

"Now, now. Not in front of the children!" said Ayame with a wink.

"I am NOT a child! I was supposed to be married and have lots of babies!" Artemis said indignantly.

"Well you can still do that," Shigure said nonchalantly.

Artemis blushed, and said, "Like I said earlier, mind yourself, Pervert!"

"Anyway, chop, chop! Go try on the dresses!" said Ayame with a wave of his hand.

The girls eagerly grabbed their dresses and dashed upstairs to go try them on. Artemis was quite pleased with hers. It was a strapless black and red plaid dress that consisted of three diagonal layers that had a ruffle at the end of each layer. It had a tight heart shaped bodice, and was knee length. Around her waist was a black belt. It also came with black fingerless leather gloves were adorned with chains.

Katarina, however, was a little doubtful about hers. True, it was a very pretty dress, but it was so…revealing. It was a navy-blue dress that came just about her knees with silver sparkles. It too had a heart-shaped neckline. Just under her chest was a sash with a diamond pendant. Maybe if the dress was a bit longer and not so low-cut she would like it more.

As soon as they had changed into their dresses Shigure burst into the bathroom followed by Ayame.

When Shigure caught sight of the girls his mouth dropped open and he could not say anything coherent. Although it seemed like he was saying something that went like this; "High school girls! High school girls! High school girls for me!"

Ayame, on the other hand, went on and on commending himself on his work. "I simply knew that these would look fabulous on you! Thanks to my superior taste you girls will be the talk of the ball!"

"Aya are you hungry? 'Cause I'm starving!" Shigure whined.

"Oh you're hungry? I'll cook! What do you want?" Katarina quickly answered.

"Food! Anything!" he said as he fell dramatically to his knees in an attempt to slyly take a peek up their dresses. Katarina quickly ran off to the kitchen as Artemis kicked Shigure in the backside as punishment for his pervyness.

"Owww! You're so mean Ashley!" Shigure complained, before heading toward the kitchen in pursuit of Katarina. Thus, leaving Ashley completely alone with Ayame.

After a few minutes of awkward silence Artemis eventually said, "So you and Shigure are pretty close."

"Oh yes! Gure and I go way back! We went to the same high school and have been friends ever since. But Shigure's nothing compared to you!" He added as he reached out to caress her short blonde hair. Artemis blushed and butterflies formed in the pit of her stomach, but before anything else could take place Katarina's voice rang from the kitchen. "Dinner's ready!"
"Well, I guess we better go." Artemis said quietly, she was still embarrassed from what had just happened, and without another word they walked into the dining room.