Alright! Another chapter! Maybe some of you guys wondering how the hell I could update so soon. Well, just enjoy this for the time being. I might get busy next week… So I probably couldn't update this story so soon… T_T

Anyway, enjoy this chapter and have a nice day everyone! ^_^


X-HiME

Chapter 3

"Happy Birthday, my dear!"

"Thank you, Father, Mother… I love you…" And she reached out her hand to touch her parents.

Suddenly the atmosphere around her turned into darkness. Her parents were collapsed on the floor… No longer breathing… and no longer moving.

They're lifeless…

"She's a monster…" one voice came out from nowhere.

"No…" she turned to look around her. It was pitch black. She couldn't see anything.

"You killed your parents!!" another voice came.

"No… I didn't mean to kill them!!" she yelled but no one was there to hear it.

"You can no longer be a Fujino… Such a disgrace to have an heiress who is a monster!!"

"No… Please…"

"You're a monster… Go away from here!!"

"No!"

"…monster."

"NOO!!!!"

She snapped her eyes open. She was presented with a dim sight of an empty ceiling. Her eyes were blurry with tears. Her chest heaved, panting heavily as her body already soaked with sweat. W-what was that…?

"Hey… You okay…?" a soft voice came from the other corner of that room.

She blinked her crimson eyes a few times, quickly wiping the remaining wetness on her cheeks.

"Y-yes… I'm sorry for waking you up…" she replied softly, trying to hold her tears from falling again. Soft creaking sound of bed echoed softly across the room, later followed with rustling sound something moving against bed sheets.

"…It's okay. You should go back to sleep, Fujino… We got classes in the morning…" Haruka muttered sleepily, pulling her blanket to cover her body.

Shizuru took a deep breath, wiping her cheeks dry. "Yes… Good night, Suzushiro-san…"

"Hmm…" Haruka replied halfheartedly, slowly dozing off into peaceful slumber again. Shizuru's lips curved into soft smile and she sighed. She tilted her head slightly to look at the green glow on digital clock. Already 3.15 in the morning…

She threw her sight out of the window. The moon was shining brightly on the clear dark sky. It's so beautiful…

SCREECH!

Shizuru blinked her eyes. D-did I just hear something…? Her brows furrowed softly as she shifted her body to move closer to her window frame. I think it was from outside…

SCREECH!

Her eyes widened in an instant. She quickly pulled the window lock and she pushed the windowpane ever so softly.

"Shit!" a soft whisper came from her right. Shizuru quickly peeked out the window and she saw a figure crawling on the wall, her claws were glinting under the moon light. Her silky navy tresses were moving slightly as she turned her head to look at the other girl.

Crimson eyes met with a pair of startled luminous green orbs.

Eh? Isn't she that girl from the other night…? What's her name again…? Natsuki blinked her eyes a few times when she saw a pair of crimson orbs, staring deeply into hers. Enough staring, dammit! She might think that you're a freak!

"Geez… Thank god…" Natsuki let out a relief sigh. Shizuru blinked her eyes in surprise and amusement at the same time. Isn't she Kuga-san!?

"W-what are you doing…?" she whispered, loud enough to be heard by the crawling girl.

"Shhhh!!" Natsuki hushed softly to the brunette haired girl. Shizuru blinked her eyes in confusion.

"Is that tin girl asleep already?" Natsuki whispered. Shizuru raised her eyebrows. Tin girl? Does she mean Suzushiro-san? Shizuru tilted her head to look at Haruka's bed. That blonde was still into a deep slumber.

Shizuru turned her head at the navy haired girl again and she nodded. "Yes… She's still sleeping…"

"Nice." Natsuki chuckled softly, reaching out her right claw to fit it into small crack on that wall. Suddenly, she halted her advance and she tilted her head to look at the inquiring crimson eyes on her right.

"Well…uh… Going out late and now I'm trying to get into my room and have some sleep…" Natsuki whispered back. Shizuru blinked her eyes and she chuckled softly. Natsuki instantly twitched her brows. W-what is so funny about it…?

"O-oi!! Don't laugh! You might wake that tin girl up!" Natsuki whispered with a soft frown on her forehead. Shizuru quickly cupped her mouth, trying to contain the amusement from slipping out her lips.

"Why didn't you take the door instead…?" Shizuru leaned her arms on the frame, smiling widely at the crawling girl. Ara… This girl here sure a lawbreaker… I don't know how Suzushiro-san going to act when she knows about this…

"Are you crazy!? I don't want Miss Maria petrify me with her gaze if she caught me going out so late!" Natsuki retracted her claws as she reached out for Shizuru's window frame, and she dangled herself on that thick iron framework. Shizuru just watched in awe when she saw how skilled Natsuki was in climbing the wall and now she was crouching outside her window, grasping on the iron frame to avoid her from fall off.

What a beautiful face… She didn't realize she was staring at the girl when she saw a pair of emerald eyes looking at her with questioning look. Ara… She caught me…

"Why didn't you sleep yet…?" Natsuki murmured. Shizuru chuckled softly and she raised her brows at the navy haired girl before her.

"Ara… it's because I heard some very intriguing sounds during my sleep… and now I have a girl crouching on my window frame…" she grinned. Natsuki just snorted, stroking her silky navy tresses.

"Anyway, is your room still far from here…?" Shizuru tilted her head to look outside the window, unaware of the proximity between her and the crouching girl. Natsuki gulped down nervously, arching her back to give some room between them.

"You've been staying in this room for how many days now and you didn't notice that I'm your neighbor…?" Natsuki frowned slightly. Shizuru blinked her eyes in surprise and she cupped her mouth.

"Ara…? Really? I didn't notice it…" she smiled apologetically. Natsuki sighed heavily, shaking her head in disbelieve. She peered at her watch.

"Shit! It's damn late right now… I gotta go… By the way, the name here is Ku~"

"Kuga Natsuki…" Shizuru cut off Natsuki's words with a soft smile on her face. Natsuki blinked her eyes in surprise.

"And I want to thank you for saving me that night, Kuga-san…" Shizuru bowed her head slightly to the navy haired girl. Natsuki smiled awkwardly as she scratched her head.

"Well, uh… No problem…" she grinned. Shizuru chuckled again. Natsuki just stared at the beautiful brunette in front of her, unblinking. S-she's damn beautiful… WAIT! What the hell…?

"I-uh… I see you around?" Natsuki shifted her body slightly, preparing to jump to her window. Shizuru nodded her head and she smiled. Natsuki just grinned and she jumped to her window, grabbing the iron frame. She used one hand to grip on the frame and the other to open the lock.

Shizuru watched the navy haired girl leaped into her own room and closed the windowpane. She took a deep breath and slowly tugged her window to shut it.

"Hey!" she widened her eyes when she heard that husky voice again. She quickly moved to look outside and she saw Natsuki peeked from her window.

"I forgot to ask… What's your name…?"

Shizuru could feel her heart skipped a beat. "It's Fujino Shizuru, Kuga-san…" she smiled.

Yup… Exactly… Her name is Shizuru! I remember now! Natsuki nodded her head and she smiled back.

"Alright then… Good night, Fujino-san…"

"Good night, Kuga-san…" Shizuru smiled softly. Natsuki grinned and she closed her window.

Shizuru took a deep breath and she exhaled with a wide smile on her face. We're neighbors now… I can't wait for tomorrow…

---

"Here is your class schedule…" Midori handed a piece of A4 size paper to the brunette. Shizuru received the paper and she read it carefully.

"There will be 3 different departments you'll be studying with… The first one is General Studies, which the subjects are just like what other normal schools have…" Midori rubbed her chin.

"And since you're at age of 18, you're on third year… You'll be in the same class with Suzushiro-san and Kikugawa-san…" she added. Shizuru just listened and she nodded her head.

"The second one is Combat Class… This one we mixed the class with other years, regarding what type of power you have…"

"Type of power…?" Shizuru asked. Midori nodded her head.

"In this school, we divided all the students into certain groups. We got Element-based type, Technical type, Latent type and Special type…" Midori pointed out her fingers as she listed down the groups.

"For example, Tokiha-san is in Element-based type because her power is based on fire, Kikugawa-san is in Technical type because of her computer-like brain, and Suzushiro-san is in Special type because she was the only one in this school who can transform into living organic metal form…" Midori grinned. Shizuru raised her brows to the explanation.

"Ara… I see… So I will get into what type, Midori-sensei…?" she asked in eagerness.

"You'll be in the Dangerous type, Shi-chan!" Midori chuckled. Shizuru widened her eyes in surprise.

"Ara… Dangerous type…?" she asked back. Midori nodded her head.

"It is because your power is not only may harm other people but also to yourself… Remember when you accidently absorbed Tokiha-san's power and you ended up burnt yourself…? That is what we meant with 'Dangerous'…" Midori clamped her lips together. Shizuru blinked her eyes in surprise and disbelieve at the same time. I'm a Dangerous type…? I bring harm to other people…

"Hey, Shi-chan… Don't be so down with that… It doesn't make you any different…" Midori chuckled at Shizuru's troubled face. "It's just an arrangement for students to make us, the teachers to do our work a lot easier…"

"Besides, since we didn't have so many students in Dangerous type, we decided to combine it with Special type… and you guys will study together." Midori smirked widely.

"Really…?" her face brightened up. At least I have Suzushiro-san together with me to help me out with the study…

"Yup! And lastly the Power Manipulation Class… Same with Combat Class, you will stick with your type group and in this class, we will teach and train you on how to use and control your power…" Midori folded the paper in her hands.

"That means I can control my power, Midori-sensei…?" Shizuru's eyes sparked with hope. Midori laughed and she nodded her head.

"Of course! We will teach you that! But since your power is a bit special, you will go through a different kind of training that I will arrange for you later…" Midori grinned widely. Shizuru chuckled in delight and she nodded her head.

"Say… It almost time now… Why don't I take you to your first class today?" Midori folded her arms. Shizuru quickly peered at her schedule.

"It's Power Manipulation Class, Midori-sensei…" Shizuru tilted her head to look at the red head professor again.

"Haha… You'll be in my class then… I teach the Special type students!" Midori chuckled.

"Ara? That will be great, Midori-sensei…" Shizuru giggled.

"Let's go meet your classmates then!"

---

The whole class was raucous with students chatting and laughing while waiting for the teacher to come.

Natsuki rested her head on the table. "Urgh… I'm so hungry…"

Nao and Chie who sat at the table right in front the navy haired girl just grinned widely. Mikoto was already asleep on her seat in front of Nao and Chie.

"You missed your breakfast, Kuga…?" Nao asked and Natsuki just nodded weakly.

"I overslept this morning…" she sighed. Because I went talking with that Fujino girl last night… God… another 2 hours to lunch… I'm so dead… "Why didn't you wake me up, Chie…?" she groaned frustratingly.

"What!? I did!! You're the one who kept doze off again… I'm not going to miss my breakfast just to wait your sleepy ass wake up…" Chie snorted. Natsuki tossed an eraser on Chie's head.

"Kuga!" and Natsuki tilted her head slightly. A long, silver haired girl on the table next to her grinned widely.

"Catch!" she threw a bottle of milk at the navy haired girl.

"Oh! Hey, thanks a lot, Drink-milk!" Natsuki grinned widely, unfasten the seal on that bottle.

"It will help you to endure your empty stomach until lunch hour…" Drink-milk grinned widely, putting headphones on her ears. She slowly turned her head to focus at the magazine on her hands again.

"Haha… I forgot that Drink-milk always brings 12 bottles of milk everyday…" Nao laughed loudly. Natsuki just grinned, taking a huge gulp of milk from that bottle.

"Drink-milk! Can I have one too?" Chie asked the silver head. Drink-milk just looked at the short haired girl with a boring look.

"No." she tilted down to read her magazine again.

"Why not!?" Chie frowned slightly.

"Because you can have your 'fresh milk supply' from Aoi-chan… Why don't you go find her instead?" she said it blankly. Chie immediately blushed with Drink-milk's words.

"Bwahahaha~" Natsuki and Nao laughed at Chie's flushed face.

"Okay, guys! Go back to your seats now!!" Midori suddenly appeared at the doorway, together with Haruka and Shizuru on her both sides.

Natsuki widened her eyes slightly when she saw Shizuru stood next to Midori. Is she going to have the same Power Manipulation Class with me…?

Shizuru looked around the class and her crimson eyes quickly spotted a certain navy haired girl, sipping on her bottle of milk at the far back of that room. Ara…? Kuga-san is in this class too?

Midori walked at the front of that class while Haruka strolled to her seat next to Drink-milk. "We got a new classmate today…" Midori signaled the brunette haired girl. Shizuru noticed the signal and she quickly turned facing the class.

"Good morning… I'm Fujino Shizuru… Nice to meet you…" she bowed her head. The whole class greeted back.

"Okay, Shizuru-san… You can take your seat…" Midori tilted her head to look around the class. "You can sit next to Kuga-san… She got empty seat next to her…" she pointed at Natsuki's direction.

Natsuki frowned slightly at Midori's words. Cheh~ I keep this seat for my sleeping time later on… But, since Fujino-san is going to sit next to me, I think it will be okay… Her eyes widened abruptly. W-what the hell? Did I just think that!?

Shizuru followed Midori's direction and she saw Natsuki gave her a small smile. Ara… I have to sit next to her through this class… She could feel her heart pounding rapidly. What a coincidence indeed…

"You can take your seat, Shizuru-san. The class will start soon…" Midori smiled at the brunette haired girl. Shizuru quickly nodded her head and she walked to Natsuki's table.

"Good morning, Kuga-san…" Shizuru smiled at the younger girl as she settled next to Natsuki.

Natsuki smiled slightly and she nodded her head. "Good morning…"

"Yo! Remember me, Fujino-san?" Chie turned her body around to look at the brunette haired girl behind her.

Shizuru blinked her eyes a few times. "Ara… You're… One of masked girls who saved me that night…" she chuckled. Chie laughed and she nodded her head.

"Harada Chie… Nice to meet you…" Chie offered her hand, but Shizuru remained immobilized at her seat with a timid smile on her face. Chie blinked her eyes and she tilted her head to look at her hand.

"Is it dirty…?" she rubbed her palm on her pants. Nao just sighed heavily, slapping on Chie's shoulder lightly.

"She cannot touch you, moron… You forgot about that…?"

"Oh! Oh yeah! I'm sorry…" Chie quickly pulled her hand and she scratched her head with a wide grin on her face.

"But you're wearing gloves right now, Fujino-san…" Natsuki gestured at Shizuru's gloved hands.

"I know… But I'm still afraid that I can still hurt you even though my hands are covered with gloves…" Shizuru smiled apologetically to Chie.

"Try me…" Nao offered her hand, smiling widely. "Yuuki Nao… Nice to meet you, Fujino."

Shizuru took the hand hesitantly. She grasped Nao's hand briefly and she waited.

Suddenly Nao's face contorted like she was in pain and she choked on her breath. "Arghh…"

"Oi! Oi! Nao!!" Natsuki widened her eyes in shock. Chie was too shock to act anything.

Shizuru quickly snatched her hand away in panic. "Y-Yuuki-san!"

Nao already crouched on her stomach, groaning in pain.

"Arrgh…Aaa~ HAHAHAHA!!" Suddenly, Nao burst into hysterical laughs.

Shizuru, Natsuki and Chie were frozen on their seats. "W-what!?" Shizuru widened her eyes.

"Bwahahaha~ Oh my god… You guys look like hell just now… Hahahaha~" Nao laughed again, tears started to form at the corner of her lime eyes.

"You're pretending that Fujino hurts you!? Dammit, Nao! You really freak us out just now!!" Natsuki swing her fist on Nao's head.

"Ouch! Ahahaha! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Nao laughed again, rubbing her sore head frantically. Chie just flopped at her seat, sighing in relief.

Ara… Should I get mad at her or what…? Shizuru also couldn't help but to giggle together with Nao. "I really thought that I hurt you just now, Yuuki-san…"

"Heheh… I'm sorry if I scared you, Fujino… Just take that as my way of welcoming new girl in this class…" Nao grinned widely.

"So much of your prank, Nao! You nearly give me heart attack just now!!" Chie took her turn to swing her fist on Nao's head.

"Aoww!! It hurts, Chie!!" Nao scowled, twitching her brows angrily at the short haired girl beside her.

"OI!! YOU FOUR PEOPLE BACK THERE!! SHUT UP!! I'M GOING TO START MY CLASS NOW!! AND MIKOTO! WAKE UP ALREADY!!" Midori barked angrily at the front of the class with angry face.

Mikoto instantly jolted up from her seat when she heard that loud bark. She just rubbed her sleepy eyes, yawning widely. She blinked her golden eyes blankly and slowly she lowered her head on the table, dozing off again.

Natsuki, Nao and Chie quickly lowered their head to the table while Shizuru smiled to the fuming teacher.

Midori just sighed and she focused on her book again while her hand slowly jotted down some notes on the blackboard.

"Take out your notebook and copy this!" and the whole class took out their notebook and started to copy the notes.

"Chie! You write down those notes first… I'll copy from you later…" Nao whispered at the short haired girl.

"Yeah-yeah, lazy ass!" Chie grunted softly, slowly writing the notes on her book.

Shizuru watched that Natsuki didn't even do anything with her notebook.

"Kuga-san… You didn't copy the notes?" she asked in concern. Natsuki just grinned as she gestured at the short haired girl in front of her.

"Chie will do the job… I'll copy from her later… Besides, we're roommates... It's okay if I didn't copy it, right?" she chuckled. Shizuru laughed softly while her hand writing down the notes.

"So… Kuga-san also a Special type…?" Shizuru started a conversation after a long pause between them. Natsuki nodded her head, resting her arms on the table.

"Yup… I'm in the Special type… Along with my two lazy, stupid friends…"

"Oi! We heard that, Kuga!" Nao peered slightly to the navy haired girl. Natsuki and Shizuru burst into laughs.

"Special type is based on the special ability in one person which cannot be found on others…" Natsuki rubbed her nose.

"Like Kuga-san's claws…?" Shizuru asked. Natsuki nodded her head, rising up her fist and she extracted her claws bit by bit.

Shizuru watched in awe when she saw how those sharp claws ripped the flesh of Natsuki's knuckles to come out in full length. After gave the older girl enough display of her claws, Natsuki retracted her claws into her knuckles again. Slowly, the rips on her knuckles healed by itself.

"Ara… Does it hurt…?" Shizuru asked, her fingers moving by its own accord, brushing Natsuki's knuckles softly. A-ara… My hand is moving against my command…

Natsuki flinched immediately to the sudden touch from that brunette. Her heart pounded loudly inside her chest. S-shit… What is going on with me…?

"U-uh… Y-yeah… S-sometimes…" Natsuki slowly pulled her hand from Shizuru's fingers and she scratched her cheek. Shizuru raised her brows when she saw Natsuki's flushed face. Ara… What a cute blush she has…

"And uh… T-there are some powers which considered as rare abilities, like that silver head there…" Natsuki gulped down nervously as she slowly raised her finger, pointing at the silver haired girl next to Haruka. Shizuru turned to look at the girl with headphones on her ears.

"She can manipulate calcium reproduction in her body to strengthen and harden her bones. And she can use it as her weapon or shield…" Natsuki added, after taking a deep breath to calm down. Relax, Kuga Natsuki…

Shizuru widened her eyes in surprise. "Ara… Really?"

"Yeah… That's why she always brings about 10 to 20 bottles of milk everyday… Not because of her power, but she really love to drink milk. And because of that, we gave her a nickname…We called her Drink-milk…" Natsuki chuckled.

"Drink-milk…? What a funny name…" Shizuru giggled.

"It was Nao who gave her that name… She didn't care about it though… So, all the students here also call her that ever since…" Natsuki took a deep breath, turning her head to face the brunette haired girl. She watched the older girl laughed, her heart skipped a beat with the sight of that beautiful brunette. Seriously… I haven't met any girl as beautiful as her…

"What about Harada-san and Yuuki-san…?" Shizuru turned her face to look at the girl beside her. She could see Natsuki's cheeks reddened. Ara… Is she staring at me…?

Natsuki quickly turned her face away, rubbing her palms on her heated cheeks. Dammit… Almost being caught…

"Chie can charges objects with kinetic energy, causing them to explode… Nao can shape-shifting… I've bet you're already seen she shifted into Bruce Lee the other night… And Mikoto has the ability to teleport anywhere she wants and what is special about her is she will leave black smoke behind after she vanished…" Natsuki cleared her throat, explaining it to Shizuru with casual tone.

Shizuru smiled silently when she saw Natsuki trying to act cool. Ara… I wonder what is in her head when she looked at me like that just now…

"I see… That is very interesting information, Kuga-san… I really appreciate your kindness to tell me that…" Shizuru smiled softly to the girl beside her.

Natsuki just grinned awkwardly, turning her face to look at the red head professor right in front the class. Seriously… What the hell is going on with me…? Why all of sudden I get so nervous…?

"Okay then… What are we going to do today is a demonstration for our new student… May I have Harada-san to come in front…?" Midori placed her hands on her waist, grinning widely.

Chie blinked her eyes, with her teeth biting on her pen. "…Eh?"

"Come over here, dammit!" Midori barked angrily at Chie's blank face.

"Why me?" she frowned slightly. Midori gritted her teeth furiously.

"It's because you're the best in controlling your power, Harada Chie! That's why I want you to come over here and give us some demo on how you do it!!" she yelled.

Chie grinned widely as she pushed her chair backwards and she stood up. "Thank you for your flattering remarks, Midori-chan…" she chuckled.

"Shut up already… Just get here and show it to us…" Midori twitched her brows.

Chie shrugged her shoulders. "What to do…? I'm the best in the bunch…" she grinned at her other two friends.

"Go to hell…" Natsuki muttered with gritted teeth. Nao just smirked, waving her hand to shoo the short haired girl. Shizuru laughed softly as she watched the interaction between those three girls. They are so funny...

"Okay… What do you want me to do, Midori…?" Chie folded her arms, standing right beside the red head professor.

"Just show us how you charge your kinetic energy in different capacity…" Midori rubbed her forehead.

Chie smirked widely, pulling out a playing card from her pocket. "Where do you want me to target? I can't dart this card on the wall… Fumi-sama will cut my monthly allowance for that…" she exclaimed. Slowly, the card between her index and middle fingers glowed with light purplish spark.

Midori scratched her chin. "Oh yeah… Totally forgot about that… Hmm… What should I do…?"

"What about using Suzushiro as the bullseye?" Nao suddenly blurted out, grinning broadly.

"WHAT!?" Haruka bolted from her chair, clenching her both fists.

"What? You got the best body armor, Suzushiro-shachou… I'm sure you can handle Chie's cards…" Nao smirked mischievously.

"It doesn't mean that I have to be the human bullseye!!" Haruka barked angrily at the impish red head.

"Nao is right… Just for the demo, Suzushiro-san… And Chie, don't hit her too hard…" Midori arched her brow at the short haired girl.

Like I'm going to miss the opportunity to throw my cards at Suzushiro's head… Chie just grinned widely and she nodded her head. "Yes, Midori-sensei…" she sneakily pointed out her thumb at Nao.

Nao laughed loudly while raised up her brows playfully. Natsuki chuckled at her friends' plan and she shook her head.

"Chie is so lucky… I wish I could do that to Suzushiro…"

Shizuru giggled softly. "Ara… Does Natsuki hate Suzushiro-san that much…?" Eh…? Did I just say her name like that!? Oh my god…

Natsuki widened her eyes slightly when she heard her name being called by that brunette. Did she just call me by my first name…? "I-uh… No. I don't hate her… It's just she is so loud and annoying…" she gulped down nervously.

I should be more careful with my words… "Maybe it's because Kuga-san break so many rules… Just like last night… You had to climb the wall to get into your room… That's why Suzushiro-san always makes you her major target…" she giggled.

"What!? Don't tell me that all these days she's been influencing you with her devotion towards rules and regulations…" Natsuki groaned loudly. Shizuru just giggled.

"No. She didn't influence me or anything… I'm always a good girl myself…" Shizuru grinned playfully.

"A good girl…? Yeah right…" Natsuki just snorted, leaning her arms on the table and she rested her chin on it. Shizuru burst into hearty laughs.

"By the way… Just call me Natsuki…" she hid her slightly flushed cheeks behind her arms. Shizuru widened her eyes slightly and she quickly turned her head to face forward. She could feel her own cheeks slowly heated up.

"Natsuki can call me Shizuru too…" she smiled, still fixing her eyes at the short haired girl in front of the class.

"Okay then… Shizuru…" Natsuki barely contained her smirk, still not dare to look at the brunette haired girl beside her.

They fell into silence as they focused on the demonstration which about to get started anytime soon.

"Just use the small amount of energy for your first card, Chie… Watch carefully class… Make sure to focus on the difference between each card…" Midori slowly stepped back, leaving a certain short haired girl who was now grinning widely and a blonde haired girl opposite her.

"You may start now…"

Haruka immediately clenched her fists, transforming into her metal body.

"Don't throw it on my face~"

BOOM!

A thick smoke engulfed the metallic body. Nao and Natsuki already burst into hysterical laughs. Shizuru also couldn't help but to smile when she saw Haruka was being hit directly on the face with Chie's card.

"Whoops! Sorry, Suzushiro-san… I didn't hear what you say just now…" Chie tried her best to contain her laugh when she saw Haruka's metallic face contorted with anger. She quickly pulled out another card and she charged it with higher amount of kinetic energy than the first one.

"Second card…" she muttered it with a wide grin on her face.

Haruka wiped her face with her hand. Clanking sound could be heard when her metal hand clashed together with her face.

"I said don't throw it on my face~"

BOOMMM!!

A lot thicker smoke surrounded Haruka's body.

"Oops… I slipped it…" Chie grinned widely. Natsuki and Nao laughed a lot louder than before, banging their fist on the table.

"Natsuki… You shouldn't laugh like that… It's not nice…" Shizuru scowled at the younger girl, despite she also almost burst into laughs when she saw Haruka's angry face. Natsuki just laughed, resting her head on the table.

"I-I uh… Hahaha… I-I'm sorry…hehehe~" Natsuki laughed again. Shizuru just giggled as she shook her head.

"Third card…" Chie pulled out a card from her pocket, and she closed her eyes, focusing on charging her kinetic energy into that card.

Haruka quickly crossed her arms in front of her face. Damn this Harada! I knew she did it on purpose…

Chie arched her brows when she saw Haruka protected her face with her arms. Who say that I'm going to throw my card on your face this time…? She held her card tightly between her index and middle fingers. Her card glowed with intense and strong purple sparks. Here we go…

BOOOOMMMM!!!!!

Haruka was thrown backwards by the sudden explosion from that card on her stomach and her back hit the wall. The whole class gasped loudly when they saw Haruka's back stuck on the cracked wall.

"Oh my… Maybe I just overdo it…" Chie grinned widely. Haruka slowly got on her feet again, breathing heavily.

"GRAAHHH!!! CURSE YOU, HARADA!!!" Haruka roared furiously as she dashed to the short haired girl.

Chie just smirked, pulling out three cards between her fingers and she charged them equally with her kinetic energy. She quickly lowered her body into fighting stance.

"Okay! That's enough… I didn't ask both of you to perform a real fight here…" Midori held her hand up at Haruka's direction, immediately immobilize that girl on her spot.

"Chie! Keep your cards away… This is not a combat class…" she glared at the short haired girl. Chie just shrugged her shoulder, throwing her cards into mid-air and she snapped her fingers. The cards exploded, leaving a thick smoke around the ceiling.

Midori sighed heavily, dropping her hand to her side, and Haruka almost stumbled on the floor when Midori released her.

"What kind of power Midori-sensei has…?" Shizuru turned her head to face the navy haired girl beside her.

"She can slow or stop objects around her entirely… She also can speed up herself or other people she wished to…" Natsuki scratched her head as she grinned sheepishly.

"Ara… What an amazing power she has…" Shizuru turned to look at the red head professor again.

"You guys go back to your seats now…" Midori commanded to the two girls in front of her. Haruka glared at the short haired girl angrily while Chie just grinned, strolling back to her seat.

"Nice one, Chie…" Nao high-fived with the charcoal haired girl.

"Heheh… Thanks!" she replied, and then they laughed. Natsuki just snorted as she shook her head. Shizuru smiled softly, feeling a slight sorry for that blonde haired girl. Ara… Poor Suzushiro-san… But what to do...? She's dealing with these girls here… She chuckled silently.

"So, class… Can you see the difference when you can control your power efficiently…? Those three examples Harada-san demonstrated at us showing three different amount of power she used…" Midori placed her hands on her waist as she explained.

"It is very important to know how to manipulate your power so you won't go wasting your energy when you're dealing with enemies. Using the right amount of power on the right situation will help you and your teammates in a certain mission…" she added. The whole class just nodded their head.

"Okay then… That's all for today… See you guys later. We got Combat Class after lunch, right?" Midori collected her books. Some of the students on the front rows nodded their head at Midori's question.

"Yay! Lunch! I'm so freaking hungry right now…" Natsuki stretched her arms up. Shizuru just giggled at Natsuki's childish expression.

"Fujino!" and they quickly turned around. Haruka was standing not so far from their table, folding her arms across her chest.

"You mind if you went for lunch alone today…? I got some work to do…"

Shizuru quickly shook her head as she smiled softly to the blonde haired girl. "It's okay, Suzushiro-san… I can manage…"

"Okay! I'll see you during Combat Class…" and she walked out the class.

"Let's go, mutt!" Nao and Chie already walked out the class together. Natsuki just watched her friends went out the classroom and slowly she turned to look at the brunette beside her.

"Hey, Shizuru…" she scratched her cheek nervously. Shizuru titled her head slightly to look at the navy haired girl.

"Yes, Natsuki…?" Shizuru smiled softly to Natsuki's nervous face. Ara… Did anyone ever tell her how cute she is when she blushing like that…?

Natsuki took a deep breath before she continued. "Since we're going to have the same Combat Class after this, why don't you join me for lunch…?"

Shizuru widened her eyes slightly. "Ara… I didn't want to bother Natsuki…"

Natsuki just chuckled as she stood up from her chair. "No. It's okay… We'll be having lunch together with my friends… Mai and Mikoto also will be there…" she smiled.

Shizuru just chuckled. "Are you sure…?"

"Why not…? It's not like they didn't know you… We're the one who saved you, remember…?" she grinned. Shizuru laughed again.

"Ara… Yes, it is true, my savior Na-tsu-ki…" she smiled teasingly and Natsuki immediately blushed. What the hell…? First time I met her I thought she was the type of girl who will sit in one corner and crying for her parents to take her home… But now, she's a major teaser and I don't know how many times I've been blushing while sitting here with her…

Shizuru noticed that Natsuki was staring at her again. I don't know how to describe it… But she really makes me feel again something that already gone long time ago…

"Natsuki…?" she broke the silence between them. Natsuki snapped from her daze and she saw Shizuru smiled softly at her. Oh shit… I did stare at her again, didn't I?

"O-oh… Yeah! Let's go!" Better go now before I embarrass myself with another stupid blushing… She hastily walked out the classroom with a certain brunette haired girl trailing behind her.

"Okay, Natsuki…" Shizuru just chuckled when she saw Natsuki's flushed cheeks.

Now… I do really think that I will have a great life here…


Hehe~ I even created my own character of myself in this chapter… Bwahaha~

Hope you guys enjoy this and review please? Thanks a lot! ^_^