-1A/N - I'm sorry to everyone whose been reading and enjoying this story. And I'm sorry for not posting anything special since the last time I updated which was 12-04-07. Dang, I never realized the date till now. Anyway, the top two colleges that I wanted, both has except me. Now the problem for me is to pick between the two. Minneapolis College or Art and Design or The Kansas City Art Institute of Design and Draw but I'll just have to wait later about that. P.S -I delete the sample of chapter 7 b/c it there really was no reason for me to keep it up.

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With thanks especially to the following

Volk83, Daf.crazy.otaku, SpiderLillies2007, Person, -Rikku-Spira-, AnimeJock, ALEXISSA2,???, Pokemonfan13, and Natsukimhican.

Now, for what you all have been waiting for, Chapter 7 and please deal with my mistakes again.

Blind Date

Chapter 7: What More Could Go Wrong

Reito and Mai, both stared at each other for a while and Natsuki was having a deadly urge to move away from the couple but couldn't bear to leave her friend because Mai was with a stranger, well, friend/stranger who she hadn't seen in a year. Other then that, even if they were still friends, a lot could happen in between those months of not seeing each other.

"I've had enough crap to deal with," said Natsuki while rubbing her forehead.

Silence covered the trio until it was broken by Reito.

"Mai-san, long time no see," said Reito. Well, it wasn't anything romantic but hey, what else was he suppose to say after a year of not seeing the orange-haired woman. "So is life treating you well?"

"Yes, it has." answered Mai, who was starting to feel uneasy. "Are you doing fine yourself, Kanzaki-san?"

"More or less," Reito said this with a smile making Mai feel comfortable with the conversation but still uneasy. Somehow, Mai felt like she was the only one feeling nervous in her conversation but she knew very well that couldn't be true because Reito must be feeling the same way too, even if he wasn't showing it.

"That's good to hear." said Mai while rubbing her right arm for comfort in the awkward moment.

The conversation was slowly going into silence, bringing that uneasy atmosphere back around the three, well two. Luckily, Natsuki wasn't dragged into the conversation but she didn't care less of what they talked about, as long as Mai was okay, physically, not mentally or verbally.

Luckily, one of the two made the first move. "Mai-san, I know this isn't something to bother asking, since I already know the answer," said Reito and he got down on one knee in front of Mai. "But would you please marry me?"

Natsuki watched on as the two stare at each other intensely. So that's why he asked if Mai was here because he wanted to…WAIT! Did he just say MARRY?!? Natsuki's mouth was opened with shock because of what happened before her. Until the silence was broken by the busty woman.

Mai gave the man an answer but she couldn't tell him directly in the eye but it was better then not receiving an answer or getting the cold shoulder. "Reito…I already told you before, my answer will always be no."

"I figured as much," replied Reito, who got up off the ground, standing up tall and straight, making him look like nothing was going to make him give up. "Even, if you like someone else Mai-san, remember that I still love you more then they do."

"Yeah…I know Kanzaki-san."

"So?" Continued on Reito, "I see that you already got a lover?"

"Yes," replied Mai. This made Natsuki perk up her ears at the reply. No way…Mai has a lover?

Even though Natsuki was curious about who Mai's lover was, Reito had the wrong idea that got Natsuki and Mai all fired up, well…mostly Natsuki was the one fired up.

"And it seems that she must be the one?" Questioned Reito while pointing at Natsuki.

"HUH?" Stated both Mai and Natsuki.

"Don't 'huh' me Mai-san. It sounded like you were excited to ride with Kuga-san back home." Reito said in a light voice and then looked at Natsuki.

"No, that isn't…!" Mai tried to explain herself but Natsuki decided to do it for her.

"NOW HOLD O… what the hell?!?" Well, Natsuki also tried to explain but Mai prevented the cobalt woman from doing so. Looking at the scene now, Natsuki was hot-headed and couldn't help but peer an angry look at Mai.

"He's just joking around Natsuki! Now off you go while I do the talking" countered Mai and was pushing the big bad wolf, Natsuki towards her motorcycle, yet Reito was following the two ladies.

"Mai, knock it off, I can walk on my own." Natsuki was struggling with Mai's hold but was finally able to be free when she twisted around the orange-haired woman, ending up being behind Mai instead of in front. "Now you go wait for me by my bike while I tell Reito what kind of relationship we have."

For some reason, it didn't sound right in Mai's ear. "Natsuki, you make it sound like we are in 'that' kind of relationship."

"Just shut up and go!" demanded Natsuki.

"No way!" replied Mai. "I'm afraid that if I leave you to the explaining, it would go all terribly wrong!"

The women argue for a good amount of time until Reito interrupted their quarrel.

"Now, now Mai-san. You shouldn't be treating your girlfriend like that. It isn't very nice." Reito couldn't help but grin at Mai. "You as well Kuga-san."

"Kanzaki-san, I'm not…!" Mai was about to yell at Reito but was cut off by an angry emerald-eye woman. "I'M NOT HER GIRLFRIEND!" Shouted Natsuki while huffing and puffing air in and out. Well, at least the explanation was done about the two's relation.

"Oh?" was all that came out of Reito's mouth and Mai finally had a chance to speak.

"Yes, 'oh'. I already have someone else and it isn't Natsuki." stated Mai, "although I hate to admit it, but I use to be in love with Natsuki."

This left Natsuki speechless and Mai started to clear things up for Natsuki. "Natsuki, I had feelings for you a long time ago, so you don't have to be silent about my confession, and like I said before, I already have somebody else."

Grabbing her friend by the shoulders, Natsuki was giving Mai a content answer. "Mai, I'm happy for you that you found your perfect someone."

"Geez, thanks Natsuki, I don't know what to say." Mai said sarcastically.

"You didn't have to be sarcastic about it," replied Natsuki.

"Fine, but can we just go home already? I'm getting tired of discussing my life," said Mai.

"I agree with you on that Mai-san," said Reito, agreeing with Mai that it was getting dark soon and that all three of them were exhausted.

"Good," replied Natsuki, " I can't believe I'm wasting my time with you guys when I should have already been home thirty minutes ago."

Looking around, the street lights were turned on and the sky was casting a brownish to black color, signaling it to be almost 7:30 p.m. or at the most 8:00 p.m. at night.

"I'll see you around Kanzaki-san."

"You as well, Mai-san."

Putting her keys into the ignition, Natsuki stated up her engine and latched her helmet on her head. Once the said helmet was on, Natsuki handed a spare to Mai. The women went off while Mai was waving good-bye to Reito.

Reito waved off goodbye to the two and started taking off in to his own direction of home. "I won't give up Mai." Sighing, Reito was at least satisfied that he was able to see Mai. "Definitely…although, I do wonder who is her lover anyway?"

Not so far away from Reito was a black Mercedes and a few occupants inside. Suddenly the windows to the back of the Mercedes scrolled down. "So how did it go, Kanzaki?" came a voice from a man with spiked-up hair with a scar on his face.

"It didn't go so well," sighed Reito, since she does have somebody else. "So Takeda, you still have a couple of days before you see the Fujinos, what do you plan to do till then?"

"I plan to go sightseeing before hand, maybe even hang out at the best places that Fuka offers. After all, the magazines do say that Fuka holds one of the best clubs to go to at night."

"Do you plan on taking Mr. Fujino's daughter to one of these clubs?" asked Reito.

"Yeah, that is, until I've found the best club that suits the beauty," replied Takeda. "Now, hurry up and get in. I'm tired of waiting for you."

"Okay, okay." After that, Reito got in the Mercedes on the other side of Takeda, and the driver of the car drove off to where ever Takeda wanted to go.

The streets of the neighborhood was quiet and the sun was setting, giving the houses a nice reddish orange glow. Shizuru was walking in silence while holding a file folder. The folder she was holding happen to be Natsuki's file. Yes, after being at the host club and watching Natsuki leave, Shizuru headed to the student council room before heading home, grabbing Natsuki's permanent records and files to look at on the silent journey. Other then that, the paper luckily had the latter's cell phone number on it, incase the university had to call the cobalt woman to inform her about closures and emergencies.

Shizuru would get in trouble for taking Natsuki's files if she was caught but luckily she had an excuse on taking the file if anyone did see her which was to talk with Natsuki about an emergency that dealt with a university problem at school or a.k.a. Shizuru. She wouldn't mention that she was actually in the emergency with the latter but hey, an excuse is an excuse that anyone would buy, especially from the drop dead gorgeous student president such as herself.

"Natsuki…I wish I could go back in time to fix my mistakes," said Shizuru more to herself in the empty streets. Shizuru was glad that there was no one outside to see the sadness on her face.

It was night time by the time Shizuru made it on her family's estate and she wasn't feeling herself. She wasn't sick or anything but it felt like she was. Sighing, Shizuru decided to stop thinking about the meeting with the Masashi family and about Natsuki at the same time, which was harder for her to do because the Kyoto beauty really cared for the emerald eyed latter then about the arranged meeting she would soon attend to in the next two days.

Finally arriving at her front door, Shizuru went straight to bed, that is after a nice hot relaxing bath to get rid of the stress in her body that she dealt with earlier. Of course this unfamiliar action was caught by some of the maids and butlers but they would never dare ask the woman if she was feeling alright unless she had stated so herself that she wasn't feeling well. After all, you can't really question someone of an elegant status in all of Japan without feeling like someone unworthy, or so some people would say.

With just a towel wrapped around her wet body, Shizuru dried herself up with another towel on hand. Looking at the clock on her night stand, it read 10:23 p.m. Is it that late already? Questioned Shizuru while tossing the wet towel on a nearby chair. Of course it wasn't the one that covered her body but the second towel.

Shizuru was dry and she put on her nightgown and got in to bed. Sighing, Shizuru couldn't get Natsuki out of her mind. Thinking about it, Natsuki was really cold to her throughout the day and Natsuki sounded like she really never cared for the older woman. Why was Shizuru trying to get Natsuki's love, if she was going to be treated poorly?

"I…did the same to her first." Now putting more thought in to Natsuki's behavior, it really was Shizuru's fault to begin with. Saying the rejection in front of Natsuki to her father and mother, and breaking the latter's heart at the same time. Shizuru was well aware of this and she could tell that Natsuki knew too. If she hadn't said those things in front of Natsuki, would everything be different? Those words, 'I'll never love you'. Would it be really different?

Staring at the clock, it read 12:27 a.m. Shizuru didn't feel like sleeping like she planned, then again she was hoping to ease her mind with rest.

"Would the outcome be really different? Natsuki and I being together? Although I wouldn't complain but even so…I do think we are alike somehow." Shizuru didn't smile at this thought.

Yes, alike because the two were alone. No one understood their feelings or the pain that they had to over come. For Natsuki, it was being alone physically and mentally without anyone to guide her. As for Shizuru, she was locked up alone to follow her father's footsteps to take over the corporation, having no chance to follow her own path. Yes, they were both alone but for very different reasons.

The night wasn't going to be easy for Shizuru but slowly, she was able to fall asleep but it was followed by a very bad nightmare that dealt with Natsuki.

Natsuki was already in bed by eleven at night. A lot of thinks happened today. Mai confessing that she use to be in love with her but already has a lover, yet Reito showing up to ask Mai for her hand in marriage, and last, her heart was yearning for Shizuru.

"Wait, why come I haven't seen Mai and her lover?" Thinking about who Mai's secret lover was, it was already giving Natsuki enough of a headache. "Tsk, just forget it."

Curled up on her bed, Natsuki tried to keep warm, even though she was plied up with blankets and comforters, she felt cold for some reason. Obviously, if Shizuru was there, Natsuki would be burning up in no time with just a simple tease.

"Argh, stupid feelings. Come on Natsuki, don't give up." Natsuki scoffed at the thought that she really wanted Shizuru so she decided to try to call it a night. After all, the cobalt-haired woman was tired from all that has happened earlier. "Just forget everything little by little." Even after removing thoughts of Mai and Reito out of her mind, Natsuki was able to lower her eyelids but for some reason, she couldn't completely close her eyes. Why? It's obvious of course, Shizuru was the only one running through her mind, making the latter stay awake.

"Damn it," cursed Natsuki while putting a pillow on top of her head, trying to not let any more thoughts of Shizuru in to her mind. For times like this, Natsuki really wished her mom was here by her side to help her figure out her problems like every mother would do. Even if Natsuki didn't know her mother very well, she could figure out that her mom would beat her up sensibly for not following her heart even if it needed a little push or…a mother's support. Sadly, Natsuki wouldn't get any advise or support. That night Natsuki knew that she was going to have a tough time falling asleep and she wish she didn't.

The next day, Natsuki definitely didn't want to attend to her morning class but she couldn't do that because she wasn't able to find a member of the Anime/manga club so she could ask to join. Thus, Natsuki had no choice but to go.

The morning was quiet when Natsuki arrived at Fukka University. Luckily, Mai wasn't with her so she could speed on the highway to school. At the same time, Natsuki was also relieved that the orange-haired woman wasn't yelling at her about the speed limit.

Taking off her helmet and securing her Ducati, Natsuki headed off towards the university, but stopped herself before continuing on. Just a 100 feet a head of her, Shizuru was in front of her, talking to Haruka. Running to the nearest bush, Natsuki drove in just in time before Shizuru looked in to Natsuki's direction. Although, Natsuki's shoe came behind the bush a little too late.

Did she see me?!? Natsuki's mind was throbbing like crazy and was afraid to find out if Shizuru saw her left shoe sticking out.

Waiting for what seemed like an eternity, the Kyoto beauty never showed up, letting Natsuki calm down.

That was close, sighed Natsuki while looking to see if it was clear to head on out. "Good, no one in sight," Natsuki got up and dusted the dirt off her clothes, "For now that is." At the same time, Natsuki was thinking up a way to avoid seeing Shizuru at any time and anywhere on campus. Natsuki came up with three plans.

Plan One: Pretend to skip school when in reality, she was still at school. However, the only problem is, Natsuki's attendance records were really bad because of the week before. She didn't really want to make it worst then it was already.

Plan Two: Be disguised as someone else, but if she did that, she might get kicked off the campus, making Natsuki wait for another day which would give Shizuru enough time to find out that Natsuki didn't really join all of the clubs.

Plan Three: Attend school and class while avoiding Shizuru at all times, no matter what. Beat people and brake all rules if necessary until she joined the Anime/manga club.

Looking at her three options, Natsuki decided to go with her last plan.

"Plan two is definitely out of the question. Plan one sounds pretty good but I might end up talking to Shizuru about my attendance records if my arrival to class is bad. I guess the only plan left is to avoid her at all cost," said Natsuki who sounded like she knew what she was doing, when in reality, she was listening to her gut instinct.

Even if Natsuki didn't sound confident about her outcome, she was confident that her last plan would work, with a little bit of skills of course. Hopefully, cutting through corners and hiding out for a couple of minutes would be enough to not see Shizuru until she joined the Anime/manga club. After she joined her last club, Natsuki could finally relax.

Relax? Yeah right, Natsuki thought while she was slowly making her way to class.

Standing by the entrance to the university, Shizuru could have sworn she heard a sound of bushes moving. Turning around to see who it was, she thought she saw Natsuki. Or what seemed to be her left shoe?

"Fujino-sama? Are you alright?" asked the colleague who was talking with the student president.

"Yes." replied Shizuru who was more concentrated on Natsuki at the moment. I have to stop thinking about her, it's getting to the point where I start to hallucinate about her everywhere. Shizuru looked at the time at her watch and excused herself with who ever she was talking to. Too bad for Shizuru, it really was Natsuki behind the bush.

Last night, Shizuru was able to fall asleep but she could never forget the dream she had about the lone wolf. After all, this dream that she had was the dream that woke her up early in the morning. The student council president was tired but she didn't let it show or more likely that she shouldn't let it show when facing with her everyday routine.

The Beginning of the Dream

Darkness was all that surrounded Shizuru and she didn't like the atmosphere around her. Looking around, Shizuru saw a faint figure in front of her, but that person wasn't looking right at her, their back turned on her. It looked very familiar but she just couldn't tell who it was.

"Who are you?" asked Shizuru, who was walking closer to the unknown figure.

"Someone, who will never be accepted." The figure's voice was slightly deep yet it carried a sorrowful tone. But it must have been the mask covering up the true voice of the unknown figure. Before figuring out who it was, the figure disappeared in to another location of the darkness.

"Accepted?" replied a puzzled Shizuru, trying to find the unknown figure. Walking for nearly a mile and a half in silence, Shizuru was able to see the figure, yet at the same time, she was given an answer from before.

"Yes," replied the voice and it seemed like it was going to disappear once again. But before heading off, the unknown figure took off it's mask revealing a face that Shizuru adorned the most but the voice carried more sorrow then before, "Actually, I might be accepted but you, on the other hand, won't be."

Instantly, Shizuru finally knew who that person before her was, but before Shizuru could call out that person's name, that person turned around facing Shizuru, face to face.. Emerald eyes meeting crimson eyes, till Shizuru was finally able to break the silence.

"Nat…suki…," Shizuru managed to say, leaning in to kiss Natsuki but instantly, the other woman disappeared, making the Kyoto woman wake up from her dream.

End of the Dream

"I'm sorry Tomoe, but I do have some important business to attend to." That important business happen to be with Natsuki. Shizuru gave the young woman her farewell and left towards the student council room, while at the same time looking for the cobalt latter. Where are you Natsuki?

Throughout the whole day of school, Natsuki was able to avoid seeing Shizuru but at the same time, she would get startled by Shizuru's fan girls who would be screaming the name of their beloved president, which got Natsuki up and running away to a safer place of the university. But no matter where Natsuki went, she always felt like the Kyoto woman was nearby her.

It was 12:00 in the afternoon on a Saturday, and the classes were all done with study and work. Good thing it's the weekends, thought Natsuki, I don't thing I could survive through the whole day of school while avoiding Shizuru.

"Natsuki-chan!"

Damn! I've been found out! Natsuki was shock at the voice and felt like beating up the very person who called out her name. Why? Well, one thing for sure was that if Shizuru was around, the Kyoto woman would definitely come and the second thing was that no one had the right to call her 'Natsuki-chan' in public, especially when people were leaving from Fuka University.

Looking around for her suspect, Natsuki noticed a girl lightly running up to her. It can't be but it is. "Kisa Nobua?"

Only just inches away from Natsuki, Kisa was lightly panting but was still able to greet the woman in front of her. "Konnichiwa, Natsuki-chan, I'm glad that you still remember me."

"Why would I forget my first customer?" Questioned Natsuki.

"Well, a woman like me doesn't stand out that much, so that's why." said Kisa while keeping her eyes away from emerald eyes before her.

"Kisa, you don't have to stand out to get my attention," replied Natsuki. "After, I noticed you, right?" Although it was by accident at the host club, thought Natsuki.

Kiss couldn't help but smile when Natsuki said that she noticed her. "Um…Natsuki-chan, are you going to be at the host club later?" asked Kisa whose eyes looked like they were waiting for the answer 'yes' to the question.

Natsuki was puzzled for a moment but then realized that yesterday, before Kisa left, she told Natsuki that she would see the cobalt woman again at the host club. Yeah, she did say that…huh? But now that I think about it, I thought she only goes to the host club on Tuesday and Fridays, or did Ichitaka tell me wrong?

"Achoo!"

"Pres, are you alright?" asked Daisuke, while setting up the tables with the help of Seto.

"Of course," replied Ichitaka while rubbing his nose. although it felt like someone was talking about me.

Natsuki thought about this for a while but realized that she had some unfinished business.

"Kisa, I have something really important to do so is it okay if we reschedule our time together at the host club on a different day?" Questioned Natsuki, who was using her deadly puppy-dog eyes on Kisa, which Kisa couldn't reject.

"Y…yes, that's fine Natsuki-chan," replied Kisa, who was blushing. "But it can't be on a Wednesday, since that's when my club meets."

"That's fine," said Natsuki and was about to leave when she realized she had to inform Ichitaka that she wouldn't be able to make it to the host club today. "Um…Kisa, is it alright if you tell the president of the host club that I won't be able to make it in today?"

"Yes, I don't mind." After a few minutes of farewell, Kisa went on her way to the host club while Natsuki went on her way to find the Anime/manga club's president.

Walking down the hallways of the university, Shizuru was trying to find her pup all day but there was no success in finding the latter. At first, Shizuru thought that Natsuki was skipping her classes but when she looked at the attendance record it clearly said that she attended class, getting her hopes up on seeing Natsuki and asking her about another date tonight. However, no matter where the student council president went with her fan girls, she would feel Natsuki's presents nearby but once she got close to the source, she ended up not finding nothing.

Making her way in to the student council office, it was quiet and Shizuru decided to do the school's accounting to see if there was any progress in the three club's money. Looking at it one by one, Shizuru noticed that the host club's profit increased greatly from last night. "It must have been because of Natsuki," said Shizuru most to herself then to anyone in the room. Sadly, if Shizuru wasn't so focused on Natsuki, she should have known that her fan girls were there because of her presence. Now looking at the other two clubs that Natsuki said she would join, they haven't improved at all. The Library club was still the same and well, the Anime/manga club was getting worse from the over spending. At least there was still three weeks left before Shizuru had to make the final decision on the clubs position.

Sighing, Shizuru got up and made a cup of tea to relax in the afternoon, but it might take more then a cup of tea to make the Kyoto beauty relax when she would soon meet Masashi Takeda in just one day. Hopefully, she could get though it.

For what seemed like an eternity, Natsuki was able to find where the Anime/manga club was being held. For some reason, it was being held on the outskirts of Fuka University in another building. Coming closer and closer to the club, Natsuki noticed that the building appeared to look old and an odd scent was covering the air. Damn…it stinks.

Arriving at what seemed to be the front door, Natsuki hesitated opening it. Come on Natsuki, this is only the last club you need to join, that's all and you can finally relax. Finally opening the door, Natsuki couldn't believe what she saw. Other then that, it seemed like Natsuki entered in to an alter universe that she regretted entering. All around the room, there were piles and piles of manga and anime yet clustered around them were models and figurines that mostly shown Ringo from Air Gear, Himeko and Chikane from Kannazuki no Miko, Ryuk from Death Note, mecha girls with cat ears, Saber from Fate/Stay Night and some other various characters that Natsuki hadn't seen before in her life.

"Where the heck are the members?" complained Natsuki while taking a closer look at the room. Finally, she found someone and then another and another and they were all buried in the masses of manga and anime. In total, there was at least ten people in the club.

What the hell is wrong with these people?!? Natsuki was shocked and frighten of the sight before her. In front of her were people who looked like they hadn't eaten for days and were zombie-fied by the lack of sleep. Especially one member that stood out from the rest of the people, even though all of them caught Natsuki attention but this one was even worst. This member was in the corner playing a computer game.

He had messy black hair and his chin was growing a short beard that looked uneven while his clothes looked like he hadn't change in months, making a strange odor come out from him, and you could see his cheek bones on his face. Talk about disgusting and that wasn't even half of what Natsuki saw.

"Excuse me, but is this where I could join the Anime/manga club?" Natsuki hoped that at least one member heard her.

"Say what?" said five different members. Well, at least she had an answer.

"Rio, did you hear that. We got a new member," said a man with thick black glasses.

The man at the computer stood up and walked towards Natsuki. Natsuki figured that this guy must have been the president of this club, called Rio.

"Congratulations, you're in," said the president.

"Thanks…," said Natsuki. That was fast.

"Now…now…what's your name kid?"

"Um…Natsuki. Natsuki Kuga."

"Great, now everyone, we must take our leave," said Rio, the president who put a note on the door.

"Leave?" replied Natsuki. Already?

"Yes, we must go get more echi-games!" Just like that, the pres was out the door followed by his members.

What the HELL!!!! What kind of club is this?!? Poor Natsuki, there was more to the club then just comic and cartoons. She should have known that there were erotic pictures on the wall when she was looking around, not to mention that there was a sign on a cabinet to her left that said H-doujinshi. I'd say that pretty much gave it away.

Being pushed/dragged on to the bus, Natsuki was on a weird journey with the Anime/manga club.

Back at the student council room, a certain honey-haired woman was done with the accounting by 2:15p.m. It took so long to finish the account and business papers because the archery club need some extra money to enter a tournament in Osaka, which Shizuru organized to balance the budget of the university. By the time Shizuru was done putting the paper away, she was getting ready to leave to visit the host club to see if Natsuki was doing work. By the time she got there, Ichitaka informed her that she couldn't make it, or so that was what Nobua-san said, making Shizuru wonder where could have Natsuki gone. Shizuru thought that Natsuki was at the library but the club met only on Wednesday so the only club left was the Anime/manga club.

"Hopefully Natsuki is there."

Making her way down to the club, Shizuru didn't understand why the club was isolated on the outskirts of the university but she didn't care as long as she was able to see Natsuki. Standing in front of the club's door, Shizuru saw a note taped on the door.

On the note, it said:

Any new members that wants to join, come back later. We are in a shop called Moikaiji, so we won't be back till 3:00p.m. or later.

-President of the Anime/manga Club

"Moi…kanji?" said Shizuru who knew exactly what the Anime/manga club were about to do. Buy more stuff for their club, making them get really indebt. Sighing, Shizuru went back to the university towards the parking lot, after all, she might be able to caught the members and see if Natsuki was with them..

Getting out in to the parking lot to her car, Shizuru noticed a familiar motorcycle on the campus's parking lot. Coming closer to the object, Shizuru touched the black leather seat and slide her finger tips towards the navy blue metal part of the Ducati. When touching the Ducati, Shizuru couldn't help but feel that this had to be Natsuki's motorcycle. Looking at the hook that hung the biker's helmet, Shizuru couldn't help but notice that the helmet had what appeared to look like dog ears that were sharply pulled back like when an actually dog runs.

This is definitely Natsuki's Ducati, thought Shizuru, no one else has this kind of helmet except my puppy. Picking up the helmet and touching it's smooth contents, Shizuru couldn't help but spend a few minutes with Natsuki's bike and think that the pup was here right with her. But sadly our heroine is having some minor problems right now.

"No wonder they went in to debt," said Natsuki to herself, "It's because they spend way too much money on toys and games!" Not to mention the ECHII GAMES!!! Good thing Natsuki said the last part in her head and not out loud, it could lead to some problems.

Right now, Natsuki stood inside a store called Moikaiji. On the outside, the store looked like any regular anime/manga store but once you walked in the store, there was a huge section of h-games and h-doujins that stood out the most then the original stuff. Feeling overwhelmed by the sensational objects, Natsuki with a red blushing face, decided to go out for some fresh air.

Walking right out the door, Natsuki bumped in to a very rude human being or more like spider who was hunting for her prey.

"Hey! Watch where you walk…Nao!?!" yelped Natsuki as she saw her friend returned an angry look at her.

"Well, well, if it isn't the dumb wolf," said Nao in a calm voice.

"Nao! What the hell are you doing here?!?" Natsuki could have sworn no one from the university was going to see her, especially Nao, hanging out with the Anime/Manga club. Surprisingly, Natsuki hadn't seen Nao in a long time. The last time she saw her was after the incident at Shizuru's house.

"Wow, Kuga. I should be asking you that, but who would have thought that you of all people would be turning into a nerd?" said Nao, looking at the store that Natsuki came out of just seconds ago. This comment was making Natsuki growl at her in frustration.

"Shut up!" growled Natsuki. "Anyway, like I said, what the heck are you doing here?!?" Looking at the red-head, Natsuki realized that Nao was dressed up in nice clothing, which meant that she was playing around with some loser somewhere.

"I'm hanging around, you dumb wolf, what else?" scolded Nao.

Figures, thought Natsuki.

"Hmph, I can see that your day isn't getting any better since you last saw Fujino."

"No really? Darn, I didn't realize it," said Natsuki in a sarcastic tone.

"Hey don't give me that kind of bullshit mutt," counted the spider. "Anyway, you do realize that the date that Mr. Fujino sat up for his daughter is tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah." Natsuki knew very well when the date was held on because she was dreading of what might happen between Shizuru and Takeda-guy. Shizuru might actually enjoy his company or worst, give him teases that were meant for her. "Hey Nao, is there any way that you could possibly spy on Shizuru for me when she's talking to the Takeda-guy?"

"What? Natsuki, did you forget already, I don't work on the weekends but weekdays. Geez." said Nao with a scuff.

Yes, it was true, the latter only worked only on weekdays since she couldn't stand being in that mansion everyday, making Nao one of the rarest people who didn't stay and live in the said mansion.

"Anyway, Kuga, you shou —" before Nao could finish her sentences, someone shouted to get her attention.

"Hey Nao! Let's get going babe," shouted a man in casual clothing. This must be the loser that Nao picked up, thought Natsuki.

"Hmm? Seems like my date found me, well see ya later you dumb wolf."

"Wait, Nao! What were you about to say?" said a panicked Natsuki when Nao actually sounded like she was about to give her some useful tip.

"Forget it Kuga, you're on your own." Nao said while waving bye to Natsuki's dumbfounded face.

Moments later, the members of the Anime/manga club came out with twelve different bags of goodies filled with the goods.

That looks like the whole frickin' budget is in that bag! And when Natsuki meant 'budget', she meant the money for this month's club expense.

"You guys didn't use the whole club's expense money, did you?" asked Natsuki who was worried about what the answer might be.

"Of Course Kuga-san!" said the president, giving her a thumbs up.

"DUMBASS! What kind of idiot would spend all that money on this kind of stuff!?!?" Shouted Natsuki as she pointed at the stuff in the bags.

"We would." replied almost everyone in the group.

"God, no wonder you guys are about to shut down. I would have destroy you guys a long time ago." Natsuki meant every word of it but now's not the time for that. It was mostly the time to show Shizuru that the club could turn around and prove that they knew how to operate a club. "Okay, listen. You guys go to that one convention around here right? That's coming up next month. What do they usually call it…Ne…Ne-something."

"Ah? You mean Nettro-chi Con?" asked the president Rio.

"Yeah, whatever, but anyway why don't you guys make your own stuff to sell at that convention or enter contest to win a little bit of money, so you guys don't have to spend the rental budget," offered Natsuki.

"We could do that, but we don't have anyone in the club that can draw or make clothes for the cosplay contest," replied one of the members of the Anime/manga club.

"Look I don't care who can or can't draw, just find someone in the art club who would be willing to help you and just ask someone in the fashion club to borrow or make some clothes for you guys. I doubt they would come out and eat every one of you." Natsuki knew that she wouldn't.

"Kuga-san"

"Okay, here's the deal if you guys are able to make some profit, I'll ask Fujino-san to keep the club open but if you guys can't then it's all over. Got that?" stated Natsuki and wondered if the members and the pres understand their current state on the dispersion.

"Huh? We're getting shut down?" asked the president in a confused look.

"Yes idiot! If you guys don't waste so much money then you wouldn't have been in this position to begin with," said Natsuki in a firm, growling voice. These people should have gotten a warning about their disclosure but by looking at the club itself, the note must have been lost in the junk.

"Okay…we do our best to sell our own doujin and enter as many contest as we can," stated Rio.

"Good, now I'm going home." Natsuki waved off bye to the members. Even though it was a little after three, Natsuki was bushed. Other then that, the Anime/manga club made her really exhausted with, well…you already know so there's no reason to bring it back up.

Natsuki had no choice but to take the bus to Fuka University since her Ducati was still at school. Finally arriving at the university's parking lot, Natsuki didn't really pay attention to whoever was at her bike until she got up close enough to hear a smooth Kyoto-ben calling her name.

"Natsuki?"

This made Natsuki snap out of her tiredness and onto the person before her. "Shizuru…?"

Luckily for Shizuru, she was able to see and hear Natsuki calling her by first-name basis, instead of Fujino-san.

"What the heck are you doing here?" Questioned Natsuki.

"I wanted to hang out with you. Is that okay?"

"No," came the blunt reply from Natsuki.

"And why come?" Asked Shizuru.

"Because I'm tired that's why, now if you'll get out of my way" Natsuki didn't want to talk about anything with Shizuru and was about to get on her bike but she was suddenly stopped by a pair of arms. What the…?

When Shizuru grabbed Natsuki, she gave the lone wolf a hug. Since Natsuki was so stubborn, she automatically thought that this was a trick but when Natsuki felt the hug from Shizuru, it felt more of a desperation for comfort. She's clingy, thought Natsuki.

"Please Natsuki." It sounded like Shizuru was on the breaking point. "Just this once…please."

Is she begging? Natsuki couldn't help but feel guilt.

"I guess so. But want about your car?" said a slightly blushing Natsuki was trying her best to make an excuse out of this but it seemed like Shizuru was a step ahead of her.

"Don't worry about it, I'll just call one of my butlers to come and get it."

Sighing, Natsuki handed a spare helmet to Shizuru before getting on and started the engine. Once Natsuki was on, Shizuru got on as well. "Okay, now hold on ti" before Natsuki could finish her order, Shizuru wrapped her arms around tightly on Natsuki's waist. I guess I don't have to tell her what to do.

"Ookini Natsuki," whispered Shizuru. Shizuru knew not to say it again because Natsuki had sharp ears.

Just like that Natsuki drove off with Shizuru holding on to her. Both of them looked as though they had a look of blissful contentment to be close to one other without any arguing.

T.B.C…

Natsuki finally joins all three clubs. Now what lies ahead of the woman when she and Shizuru hang out at one of the hottest places in all of Japan.

A/N - hope you guys like it, and I tried to make it as long as possible. Also I'm sorry if Shizuru's dream sounds corny. P.s - I'm not dead.