This is through Natsuki's eyes now. Then it's through Shizuru's eyes. And also, I had to have Nagi and Mashiro talk about Shizuru's fate of becoming a HiME as well. And to make everything more interesting, the last part of this chapter would be about Nagi and Mashiro talk about the events before the next chapter of the forest.

I was still wondering what Orphans were the next day after I encountered one, trying my best to get it out of my head. I wanted to tell someone but I was all alone in this world. As I decided to go to school the next day, I went to see the director of the school, wanting to know everything.

Nagi was standing in Mashiro's room, looking back at her. As he was grinning with his eyes closed, he was thinking about the last HiME.

"Mashiro, your top student at this school, Shizuru, also has the power to become a HiME. So tonight at the tea garden, her powers will awaken," Nagi said in his cold tone.

Mashiro looked back at Nagi was she was still in bed, having doubts about everything, about the students becoming HiME and losing their loved ones if their Child was destroyed.

"Very well, Nagi-kun. Do what you must but don't hurt her," Mashiro said.

I just walked up to the front door of Mashiro's mansion, putting my hand on the door, while knocking on it hard. I felt some pain through my white knuckles though. Nagi just looked at Mashiro, disappearing. Fumi came to the front door and open it slowly. As I looked at the tall white women with pink hair, I couldn't figure out why she was dress up as a maid, looking so young but her smile gave me the creeps.

"Is the director of the school in?" I asked her.

Fumi smiled and replied, "Yes, she is, Miss Kuga-san. We have been excepting you."

She walked to the side, opening the door some more but for me to walk in as well. As I walked in slow, I couldn't help but to see expensive stuff, wondering who this director of the school was. As the director of the school came to me in her wheelchair, I couldn't help but stare at the small child, looking around 13, maybe 14 years old. Her light purple hair was so long and shiny, her cloths looked like they were outdated.

"Excuse me, miss. Are you the director of the school?" I asked her.

"Yes, I am. My name is Kazahana Mashiro," she said with a gentle smile on her face, "and I've been expecting you as well, Kuga Natsuki. Are you here to find out what a HiME and orphans are?"

I nodded my head slowly, keeping my eyes sharp on her, making sure she wouldn't try anything funny.

"HiME stands for 'Hi'ghly-advanced 'M'alterializing 'E'quipment to fight 'Oprhans' and you HiME's must defeat these Orphans to save the school," as Mashiro was explaining to me.

I just stood there, listing to Mashiro about everything, not understanding till that day, yes, that day came. I will always remember that one day I was trapped in the dark forest. Yes, the dark forest that no sun light could get through except at night, the moon light would shine just a bit to show you a small path to safety. To a cave, maybe the same forest where I gotten Duran from. I decided to go for a walk when I left Mashiro's mansion. As I walked towards the garden, I saw the far end of it to see the same spot I saw Shizuru for the first time. I couldn't stop but to walk over there. As I stopped to stare at the pin flowers, I just put my hand close to it to feel the pedals brush my palms a bit, I heard Shizuru's voice for some reason.

"You shouldn't do—"

"I know already, Shizuru," I said, turning around to see no one, "W-what's going on? Am I losing it? Or am I becoming found of Shizuru?"

I couldn't stop but think of those questions that were racing through my head. It had to be a fluke. I heard screaming from where. I looked around, trying to figure where it was coming out but when I heard birds flying out of a forest, I just started at the trees that looked evil, like they had a wicked smile on their face that no human eyes could see. I took a step then another step then started to walk, getting closer to the trees until I ran inside to save the person.

I just finished meeting with Yukino, wanting to make sure her feature would be with her favorite home room teacher I had when I was in Eight Grade. As I went to the girl's dorm, I wanted to see if Natsuki was alright. As I packed my stuff up in the student council room, I proceeded to the girl's dorm, wondering if Natsuki was home or not. I walked up the carpet steps inside, looking at the white walls smiling. As I walked to the door that had room 204 on it, I knocked on the wooden door gently. As I heard no answer, I just felt heartbroken that when I wanted another true friend, she would just shut me out. I proceeded down stairs; feel like being alone for a change.

As I heard screaming, I ran towards the forest where the screaming was coming from. I threw my bag to the wall of the girl's dorm, running fast as I could. I couldn't bear but to hear that screaming, worrying it could be Natsuki. I started to run out of breath, breathing heavy. I just had to take a rest so I stopped at the gardens where Natsuki and I first met, at the garden that the director of the school loves so much. As I felt something bad was going to happen to Natsuki, I could sense something in the wicked forest. I looked at the wicked trees, seeing the branches moving.

"Kuga-san," I whispered underneath my breath.

I ran into the forest, in hope to find Natsuki safe. Little did I know, I would have gotten a Child and found out I was a HiME.

Meanwhile at Mashiro's mansion…

Nagi was looking out the window with his white skinny arms cross each other, just having that grin of his face. Mashiro's purple eyes couldn't rest at ease, knowing what would become of Natsuki and Shizuru in the forest.

"Soon, Mashiro, those two will learn what it takes to be a HiME. On to fight against the forest with the orphans or they will die trying," Nagi said with a rough tone as if he was excited about it, want to watch what is going to go through the forest.

"Nagi, make sure they don't die, alright?" Mashiro said in a sad tone, trying to calm herself down from the thoughts of the girls might die.

"Don't worry, Mashiro. They won't die. They won't die," Nagi said, chuckling a bit, "and then, I would make sure the Obsidian Prince would rise once again!"

Nagi then laughed evilly, having Mashiro even more worried. Mashiro couldn't bare the pain and had her maid, Fumi, to wheel her to her car so she could do some shopping. Nagi watched Mashiro and Fumi walk out, and then he turned to the window to look at the forest, the forest he liked to call… The Forest of Death. For some reason, Nagi just got a big kick of seeing brand new HiME's getting their powers but also struggling through everything.

"Don't worry, Master. I will make sure this HiME will be something you will never forget. I promise you that, Master," Nagi said, rubbing his chin gently, wondering who the Obsidian Prince was taking control of, who he was sleeping in.

Sorry this is a bit shorter than the first two chapters but, I wanted the next chapter to take place of the dark forest, and only the forest where Shizuru and Natsuki have to fight to survive. Hope you guys like the next chapter and also, here's some stuff for the people who gave me reviews so far.

ShizNat: Thank you for your good review. This story line is very hard to figure out, on how Shizuru started to fall in love with Natsuki and how Natsuki became close to Shizuru. I wanted to write my first ShizNat story but wanted to start from Natsuki's first encounter with Shizuru following through school.

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