"Natsuki..."
Shizuru stood frozen at the door her body unwilling to move. Her brain had gone numb and the only thing that it was able to process was one single thought,
-- Natsuki.--
Natsuki on the other hand was glad that Shizuru had finally come home, although, she was confused as to why Shizuru was just standing at the door without saying a word. She was just staring at her like she had just seen a ghost or something. It had been, like what, two minutes that she had been standing there without saying a word. Natsuki was about to say something when all of a sudden tears began to fall from Shizuru's eyes. Natsuki immediately got up from her spot and went to hold Shizuru.
Shizuru didn't even know tears were falling from her eyes but as soon as she felt strong arms wrap around her, her body began to respond again and she immediately wrapped her arms around Natsuki as well. Letting every restrain go she cling to Natsuki's form, gripping at her shirt she sobbed uncontrollably. Her knees buckled beneath her and she slowly was eased down to the floor.
Natsuki had no idea what had caused Shizuru's sudden break down and didn't know what to do about it so she did the only thing she knew how to do right and she held Shizuru harder causing the girl in her arms to cry even harder.
"Natsuki..." hiccup
"Natsuki..." hiccup
Shizuru tried to talk but she was crying too hard and her hiccups where cutting her off. She wanted, no she needed to know what had happened to her Natsuki, she needed to know in order to ease her troubled mind.
"Shhhhh, Shizuru, its ok I'm here."
Natsuki stroked Shizuru's chestnut hair trying to sooth the crying girl. She had no idea why Shizuru was breaking down but she had a feeling it might be because of her. She continued to soothe the crying girl and after a few minutes her sobbing and hiccupping had subsided and small sniffles were left. Natsuki decided that this was a good time to ask Shizuru what was wrong but she was beating to it.
"Natsuki."
"Mhm"
"Why?"
It was a simple question indeed one she could easily answer...only she couldn't...she had no idea what Shizuru was asking her to explain. In her head she tried to come up with as many possible things that Shizuru could be asking her to explain like, why had she been naked...well...truthfully she didn't know herself. Or...why hadn't she called her. That was simple, she didn't have her stuff.
Even though she came up with a bunch of other possibilities none of them seem right.
'Why ' a simple question with many possible answers but...it wasn't... there was hurt and fear hidden behind that question as well as anger and confusion. But above all else...there was hope in that question, and it made her ask too...
-- Why? --
Natsuki pulled back to take a look at Shizuru, when she finally laid her eyes on Shizuru's form her heart sank.
- - - -
"What do mean?"
Mai asked incredulously. She was having a hard time believing what Midori was telling her, in a way it all seemed too similar to the vampire case they had when they were still Himes except, that was just an orphan controlled by Sears. Then again both incidents looked like they were taken out of an old western horror movie.
"Listen Mai, will you, I'm saying that Natsuki has become a werewolf. I know it's hard to believe, trust me i had some trouble believing it myself but considering all that happened it's a big possibility."
Mai sank into her seat next to Mikoto; this was too much to handle and to believe...one of her friends had become a werewolf. In a sense everything that had happened did point to that. The fact that it happened on the week of the full moon, also it fit the description of how Natsuki looked when she had turned on Shizuru. Plus, Mikoto had said that she had caught the scent of and animal and a human, which by the way wasn't Natsuki's scent.
"But... how?"
" Well from what I could gather it only happens on the week of the full moon and you can only turn if you are biting by a werewolf...what I'm trying to figure out though is how come Natsuki is still alive, most werewolves would kill their victims not turn them."
That also made Mai wonder; who would be crazy in love with Natsuki other than Shizuru. She tried to think of anyone she knew that could possibly be a werewolf but came up blank, mostly because she didn't know how to identify a werewolf. Everybody looked so normal how was she supposed to know.
She covered her face with her hands and groaned in frustration, this was all too frustrating and confusing.
"Ok. How exactly do we know Natsuki is really a werewolf and not just infected with rabies."
"Well...I read somewhere that werewolves are weak against silver. Maybe if you use something silver and see what happens then we'll know."
"Are you suggesting I whack Natsuki in the head with something silver and see if she dies?"
Midori put her hand to her face in frustration. How did Mai infer that from what she had said? She groaned.
"Mai..."
"Aniue has lots of silver things in his house, I always see him polishing them, hpm."
Mikoto pipe in as she gave a determined nod, glad she could help. Mai stared at Mikoto; this girl sure had a solution for everything.
"Ok then its settled. Mai go to Reito's place and pick up some silver things then go and pick up Shizuru and fill her in on everything then start looking for Natsuki and if you find her. Please. Don't kill her."
Mai complied, like she had any other choices, she just wanted Natsuki to go back to normal and for Shizuru to stop worrying, she just wanted for everything to go back to the time before this whole mess had happened.
Mai remembered how excited Natsuki was when she had bought the ring; she was the first to find out that Natsuki was proposing to Shizuru, her and Mikoto. Natsuki had threaten them and told them that if they even said one word to Shizuru about it she would kill them. Even though she had threatened them she still had a smile on her face...--Why did this have to happen?--
Before leaving, Mai still had one question she needed to be answered.
"Midori...is...is there any way for Natsuki to go back to normal?"
Midori looked up from her computer; in all honesty she didn't know herself.
"...I don't know Mai."
- - - -
She doesn't know it yet but she'll soon be mine. When she finally realizes how cruel that world can be to those who are different she'll come to me. She'll come when even her little girlfriend who pretends to care for her leaves. After all, humans are ignorant creatures who fear all that is different. If it does not fit their standards then they'll exile it. But not me, I'll accept her, because you see my Natsuki, you and I are know one. My blood runs through your veins just as you have my heart. I may have been wrong in turning you to this cursed life I myself live through, but I had to It was the only way for you to see that no one really cares more about you than me, like this, with you by my side, its no longer a curse.
We are both meant to be together, your life has everything to do with me...Natsuki...you don't know how much I love you. Together... we will make this week one they will never forget.
- - - -
"Tell me."
"..."
She looked away and let her bangs fall on her eyes. Why couldn't she just tell me!
"Did...did I do this to you...did I!"
I tightened my hold on her shoulders to get her to talk but immediately let go as a flash of pain crossed her features. I moved my hands and began to unbutton her blouse letting it slide from her shoulders and leaving her upper body exposed to cold room. There were two punctures, each on one of her shoulders. I caressed the small hole on her left shoulder and felt her shiver under my touch but I paid no mind to it and continued to trail my fingers to the top of her shoulder blade where I found yet another set of punctures though this time there were four. I positioned my hand so that it fit the holes on Shizuru's shoulder. --Why does my hand fit so perfectly into place? -- I pressed lightly and she let out a small whimper of pain...pleasure? I let my hand travel down to her collarbone and let my palm press against her to gently push her to the floor. She arched her back as she met the cold tile floor. Her body was covered with bandages each varying in size for each mark placed on her skin. Reaching down I undid every single bond they had set on the wounds carefully unmasking each and every one of them. Looking at her know laying form I could see all the marks imprinted in her beautiful skin. Her chest heaved up and down as her breathing became more labored, it was hypnotizing to watch her breath but what really caught my attention was the mark left at the top of her breast.
I reached down and touch it. A jolt of electricity ran from the tip of my fingers and spread itself through out my whole body as images flashed before my eyes.
Darkness enveloped my body as I tried to fight back my rage. Anger mixed with agony and pain making any coherent though vanish leaving only instinct to govern me. The Demon resting in me surged through my body burning through my veins to the point of sheer agony. I could feel it on the inside enveloping my being and all I could do was let it take over me as it twisted and contorted every memory I had into desires of murder and hate.
Loneliness...emptiness... listlessness...and yet... I could feel you...
'Please...help me...'
"Natsuki."
Her breathy moan brought me out of my haze.
-- What... the... hell...--
I lifted my head up from the top of her chest, apparently during my haze I had positioned myself on top of her, my head hovering just on the top of her chest breathing in her scent. I looked straight into her eyes and she stared back at me with clouded eyes. -- Gawd...she's so beautiful--
I find myself moving down to capture her lips. Before my eyes close I see hers flutter shut.
"Shizuru-san are you in here!"
I heard Mai calling as she opened the door and stepped inside. I looked up from were i was and so did Shizuru. Mai stared at us and we stared back.
"Uh..."
I swear I could feel my eye twitching at one hundred miles per hour.
--This...is...awkward--
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to interrupt!"
Before either of us could respond she bolted out, shutting the door behind her with a loud bang! I let out a big sigh.
-- Just great.--
- - - -
"For crying out loud Mai, don't you know how to knock?"
Natsuki tried to hold herself back less Mai fall a terrible fate. Seriously, people shouldn't just barge into other people's houses without knocking.
"Hai, hai. But...the door was open and plus, I didn't know you were here, how was I supposed to know you two were...you know..."
She trailed off. It took Natsuki a while to register what she was trying to say but when she did her face went through the whole color spectrum of red.
"MA-MAI!!!"
Natsuki scream at the red head, she couldn't believe Mai would assume...well...that!
"Ara, ara. If my Natsuki keeps blushing like that, people might confuse her for a tomato and use her for a salad."
Shizuru said seating on the sofa in her trade mark pose with a finger to her chin.
"Wha...?"
Natsuki looked back and forth at both girls. She was beginning to think that they both had planned this whole thing. It was all just a big conspiracy against her.
"Mai-san, I must apologize to you for having to see us in such a...compromising position. It's just that Natsuki was so glad to see me she wanted to take me then and there, not that I'm complaining of course."
This comment even made Mai blush a little too but not as much as her friend.
Natsuki just gave up and slumped onto the sofa.
--She's going to be the death of me--
Natsuki thought.
Shizuru watch Natsuki, a small smile on her lips, Mai had been right Natsuki was back to her old blushing self...but... for how long.
Shizuru looked up when she noticed Mai looking at her; she knew what Mai was trying to tell her. She looked away; she didn't want this happiness to end. Why couldn't they just pretend like last night didn't happen? Why couldn't they ever get a moment of happiness without something happening that tore them apart, why?
Mai knew that Shizuru was trying to avoid the whole thing, she herself wanted to too, but they needed to help Natsuki.
"Natsuki..."
Natsuki lifted her face from her hands and acknowledged Mai.
"Yeah"
Mai was a bit nervous as to how to approach the situation. She couldn't just ask her straight up, 'hey Natsuki are you a werewolf?' No, she had to come up with something more subtle that wouldn't make her sound stupid or crazy.
"Do you remember anything from last night, like...at the hospital?"
Natsuki was taking aback by the question, did Mai knew something, and if she did, how much.
"Nothing really just...I...I remember Shizuru sleeping next to my bed...after that I can't remember much only that I woke up here. Did you guys bring me here or something?"
Both Shizuru and Mai looked at each other skeptically. Did Natsuki really not remember anything?
Mai reached into her bag and took out a silver frame from it. On the frame there was a picture of her, Mikoto, and Natsuki when they were still attending Fuka Academy, she handed the frame to Natsuki.
"Look, I got a new frame for the picture; it's the three of us when we were in high school."
Shizuru looked at Mai suspiciously, what was Mai getting to, was she trying to lighten up the mood or was this part of her plan.
She soon got her answer as the frame crashed to the floor and Natsuki was hunched over holding her hand in agony.
Hey there.
So i finally figured out how to put notes at the bottom. Anyways just wanted to say hi and thanks to all of those who reviewd i'm still new to this so i don't know exactly how this whole thing works.
As a side note for those of you who are curious this will not have a tragic ending and the main reason is...I hate tragedies! Anywho please continue reading i shall come back soon with yet another addition to my story ( as in a new chapter). Ja ne.