" What! Kono-chan, what are you saying? How can you even compare me with this stupid girl?! " Setsuna asked her princess. She almost dropped her cup of tea when she slapped her hands on the table.

" Well...it seems to me..." Konoka hesitated, trying to get a better vision of both girls' eyes.

" My, Princess Konoka, you must be wrong like Setsuna said. My...my eyes are blue-color whereas Setsuna's are dark-brown. There's no way- " Emiko tried to explained.

" -but I could swear you have the same look. Aside the color, your eyes look...familar...somehow..." the brown-hair girl said looking at them.

Setsuna's jaw dropped. What was thinking her beloved girlfriend? Why would she think that? Among all the physical traits, why would she pick the most impossible one to compare with? She was about to say something but Konoka spoke up, taking note of the hour on the clock.

" Ah! We're going to be late Secchan Classes are about to start in five minutes! We better hurry before Negi-kun come first! " and she took her hand, pulling them out of the room.

' ...Ahhh...saved by the bell... ' Emiko sighed heavily.

" But I guess I have no choice now... " the girl said to herself. She got up to clean the table.


" We made it on time! Yay! " Konoka said, smiling weakly as she was catching her breathe at the entrance of the classroom.

" Kono-chan..." Setsuna called her, breathing heavily. Her lover looked at her.

" Why would you suggest such thing? Why are you so obsessed about our eyes? " Setsuna asked her, now standing in front of her.

" Because...I didn't understand why I was so attracted to her eyes- "
" Oh, Setsuna-san! Good timing! " Negi appeared behind Setsuna, cutting their conversation.

" I was told to ask you to go to the Head-master's office right now. Could you tell Mana too? Oh, Good morning Konoka-san! Hurry up and take your seat, the class will begin soon. " the young mage smiled at them.

It's been a long time now that they've been close friends, but Negi never failed to his duty as a teacher. He wanted to be good at everything. Even if he had to be a little strict with them.

Setsuna's eyes darkened at what Konoka told her before she was interrupted.

' She's...Is she falling for her? ' Setsuna thought, clenching her fists.

" Hi Negi-kun! I'm on my way teacher! " she replied with a smile to his boy friend, mimicking the Attention military posture. How can he be so serious!

" Secchan, I'll wait for you for lunch, okay? I hope your meeting won't take that long. " Konoka said, leaning forward to place a small kiss on her girlfriend's cheek, making the latter blushed.

' Kono-chan! Not here in front of the class...! ' Setsuna thought nervously, but enjoying the sensation of the soft lips against her skin.

" Whoooo! " the class exclaimed. All the girls gathered around them, except some...as you know.

' Hmph...such a kids! ' the blond vampire thought, pissed off by her comrades' childish behaviour.

' ... ' was all Mana could think.

Asuna was watching the situation, half-amused, half-sad for Setsuna.

" What's this? Are you two going out? Finally, the shy Setsuna confessed to her princess! " a voice shouted.

" Since when are you two dating? Konoka-san, how did she ask you out? I'm so moved to see them together! Aren't you all, girls? " the class-rep yelled, apparently happy for their friends.

" YEAH! We should celebrated it! ' The Princess and Knight True Love story ' ! That's so romantic! " the music group leader exclaimed, starting to get on fire.

" C-come on! Girls! Now is not the time to play, the class is beginning! Please go to your seats! " Negi tried to calm them down.

Setsuna took this chance to see Mana and bring her along to get away from this mess. As they were about to leave the room quietly, on the opposite side of the room, she heard someone yelling.

" We'll be waiting for you Setsuna-san! Don't ever think the party will start without its main guest ! "

' Ahhh... ' the shy kendo girl sighed in her mind.

' I won't escape from them, will I? ' she thought, lowering her head in defeat, hand resting on the opened door.

Mana giggled in silence.


In the corridor of the school, a samurai and a gunlish girl were walking. A voice broke the silence.

" By the way, have you met your new patner Setsuna? " Mana asked.

Setsuna frowned. She seemed really, really pissed off.

" I have. This morning. " she only answered. Mana shot a brow up.

' Why is she mad about it? ' the taller girl thought.

" She seems to be a nice person. And a strong fighter. I don't know why you're mad, I thought you would appreciate her, since she's a kendoka like you. " Mana pointed out.

Setsuna kept silent. She eventually let a sigh out of her mouth.

" Do you think...they want to replace me? " Setsuna asked in a low voice, and slowed a walking pace.

Mana was a bit taken back from her question. Setsuna was one of the strongest person this academy had to her view. But knowing how this girl thought low of herself, ashamed of her origin, she understood her lack of self-confidence.

" I see no reason for them do to it. You're after all, the best candidate for this job. " the gunlish girl reassured her friend.
Setsuna smiled weakly, feeling a sudden small of comfort.

" Though, now that you're involved with the Princess, you're likely to slack-off more than you should...from what I saw yesterday. " Mana added, smiling at the corner of her lips.

That sentence shot Setsuna's eyes wide-opened. And blushed like tomatoes of course.

" Y-you were there! " Setsuna said out loud, frozen.

' I'm so damn cursed... ' Setsuna thought, covering her face with her hands.

Mana kept walking, smiling completely to her suceeded tease.


" Oh, you two were also asked to attend the meeting? It must be something serious then. " Emiko watched the two girls approaching.

" Maybe. We'll know after we go inside. " Mana replied, waiting in front of the door.

Setsuna was silent. She couldn't look at this woman beside her.

' What can I do...'

However she did. She turned to see her.

' Why do I feel... '

Setsuna watched her feet, up to her legs.

' You're not unfamilar... '

Moving her stare up to her back.

' What you hold '

And kept on watching her shoulder blades.

' Is what I want '

Emiko turned her head back to look at Setsuna. Her intense watch were impossible to not notice. Even from behind.
Setsuna frowned darkly.

She saw it clearly now. Her heart beat faster.

In her eyes was what she wanted...

To destroy

Emiko quickly looked away and talked to Mana, asking things about special missions.

Setsuna closed her eyes. Having difficulties to prevent herself from slicing her partner. Her grip onto her sword tightened.

When she opened her eyes, for the first time,

Her eye-color turned into

Blood.

' I can do it... '

The swordwoman began to walk.

' I need to... '

The door of the the office opened from inside, showing the Head-master and his white long beard.

' Kill ! '

" Hello girls. " the old man greeted them.

Setsuna stopped moving when she heard the sound of the voice.
She suddenly felt her eyes burning. She quickly rubbed them, hoping the burn to wash away.

" Setsuna-kun, are you alright? " the Dean asked in concern.

Mana turned to her, wondering if she was hurting like yesterday. The other girl didn't even care to take a look.

" I-I..I'm alright Sir. " Setsuna answered with a weak voice.

" If you say so..." he said.
" I asked to come because there will be a special event in few weeks. " Konoemon was walking his way back in his office, the girls followed him.

' That was close...' Emiko thought, not daring to move once inside.

Setsuna blinked twice. Her eyes were back in its initial color.

" As you heard, we will welcome the Princess of the Cloud Kingdom. I want you to be ten times more careful during your patrols. Which means, I don't want any demons crossing the barrier. And you'll be watching the Princess as if you were her bodyguards. In the shadow, of course. " the old Konoemon chuckled.

Emiko frowned, but tried to hide it as she put a smile on her face, nodding to his orders.

" Especially you Emiko-kun. I know your abilities to spy. You'll be good at this job. " the Head-master said.

The spying girl kept smiling, and nodded.

" That's all I had to say, you can leave now. "


" Setsuna. Tonight we have to do the rounds together. I'll be waiting for you at the World's Tree. Don't be late. " Emiko told her partner with a smile. Strict, but quiet was her voice.

The girl nodded quickly and walked away to the classroom with Mana.

Emiko dropped her smile.

' It's going to be a long night... ' she thought, frowning again.


" Secchan, you're back! " Konoka got up from her seat to throw herself in her lover's arms.

With her fighting reflexes, Setsuna managed to catch her princess without falling backward. As everyone was looking at them, she slowly pushed back Konoka, keeping her hands on her arms. The chocolate-haired girl was smiling.

' I missed you '

They stood face to face with the lovers' distant kiss, but this time there wasn't any kiss.

" Secchan! What happened to your eyes? It's all red! Did you...cry? " Konoka asked sadly.

" I didn't! Kono-chan, you really should stop being so obsessed with people's eyes. " Setsuna answered her with a small smile. She didn't want to hurt her by this saying.

But it started to get on her nerves. And she let go of her.

" Hey Konoka! Maybe she heard the news! " Haruna shouted as she opened her bento.

" Eh? What news? " the couple asked, curious.

Asuna's ears twitched while she was eating. She tried to listen carefully.

" That you cheated on her with an Angel beauty..." Asakura said quietly in the silence, breaking her chopsticks in two.

Brikk

" EH?! " the whole class yelled.

" W-What! Who said that? " Konoka asked the journalist girl, who pointed out the kung-fu girl.

Ku-fei looked at the couple, her mouth full of nikumans.

" Nhot mwe alluu ! " she tried to defend herself.

Then the princess and her knight remembered.

How they kiss each other.

How passionate it was.

How Konoka held onto her.

How Setsuna pressed hard onto her.

How...they wanted each other.

-
Their eyes met.

And they blushed furiously.

" Oohhh! So it's true! You two did sleep together! " Haruna asked with mischevious curiousity.

" Noo! " Setsuna shouted back nervously while Konoka was smiling uneasily.

Everyone was now laughing and kept making fun of the couple.

' It's going to be a long day... ' Setsuna sighed.


After classes, and after they set up a date for the Princess and Knight True Love Story -mainly the class-rep, since she will be paying for everything- they all went back to their room as evening was coming.

Setsuna fell hard on the couch, trying to relax from the tiredness of this afternoon.
Asuna was pretending to read a book, as it was too hard for her to understand the logical of mathematics.
Konoka came out of the kitchen.

" Hey Secchan " she asked her love. The swordwoman opened her eyes to look at her.

" Do you know where Aki-san is? We left her this morning, and I just saw she cleaned everything. I wanted to thank her..." Konoka said as she walked to her girlfriend's side.

Setsuna rolled her eyes, still lying on the couch.

" She must be lost somewhere in the school. " she snapped at her princess.

Konoka was shocked by her tone. She knelt down next to the couch, and took Setsuna's face into her hands, forcing her to face her.

Setsuna blushed a little at the contact.

" Secchan...what is wrong with you today? You are so...cold. Even to me... " Konoka said sadly.

Setsuna looked into her eyes.
She was right. Today she felt so...angry.

' Here I am again,

going insane. '

She frowned a little at what she saw before her.

' All of this...'

Konoka was biting her lips.

' All this anger. '

Her face was showing hurt.

' All this pain. '

She looked down, avoiding to see...

' All this madness. '

She tried to drop her hands to free her love from her grip...

' It is so unbearable...'

But Setsuna didn't let it fall.

' To feel all of these '

She didn't want to be freed from love.

' When I know...

So she held on tight.

that it all came from...

the feeling,

the need '

And kissed her hard.

to possess you. '

And deep.

Konoka was pushed backward, falling fast but softly on her back.
Setsuna's grip on Konoka's both wrists tightened, gaining more power to put them each apart from Konoka's head. She was litteraly drinking Konoka's mouth, sucking the swollen lip she bruised when she pushed Konoka on the ground. She was out of her mind.

She was losing her mind.

' I want you,

Only for me. '

Konoka couldn't help but moan loudly, increasing Setsuna's hunger to eat her.

' I want you to '

Setsuna eased Konoka's legs apart to let her own body fell onto the soft one below her. She brought Konoka's wrists above Konoka's head, and moved her head aside a little so she could deepen the kiss, and taste Konoka's tongue once more.

' Only...

look at me. '

Lost in the moment, Konoka was giving herself entirely to the one who attacked her. She wanted to feel every touch her lover was willing to give her. And it drove her crazy.
She was about to press her body harder on her savage Secchan when she heard a noise.

A book dropped.

They both stopped their doing, glancing at the sound of the noise.

" Y-yo-you...gu-ys..." the traumatized voice was stuttering.

Gulps.

" Ahhhhhhhhhhh ! "