PHEW! i'm glad i finally got this chapter out. you wouldnt believe how many times i rewrote it and changed stuff . Anyways its finally here! a whopping 30 pages! jeez i spoil you guys :P anyways enough of my blabbing and ENJOY
WARNING: This is M rated for a reason. If you cant handle it please leave. Also it if your uncomfortable about WW2 stuff please leave now this is a touchy topic!
"Then why not run away? Do you honestly think you'll live through this?" Shizuru said softly, her red eyes seeming to glow brighter and shimmer. All Natsuki could do was stare at them as the familiar words replayed over and over in her head.
Natsuki stared at the pitch black ceiling of her barracks, her conversation with Rrushi playing over and over again. Her hand still hurt, and every now and then her thoughts would be interrupted by its pulsating pain. Trying to adjust herself on the cold, hard floor, the night had grown colder than normal due to the worsening weather conditions. Natsuki found herself being lulled to sleep by the sound of rain.
"You seem distant, Rrushi." A certain teal-haired girl said. She and Rrushi had been lying in bed in silence for a while and it was annoying the girl immensely. "What's wrong?"
"I apologize Tomoe, I'm just tired." Came the soothing voice of the Kyoto-born. Shizuru ran her fingers across Tomoe's head, as it lay snugly on Shizuru's chest, The younger girl huffed slightly but didn't object.
'You're always tired, you're never around…" Tomoe lifted her head from Shizuru's chest to look into the ruby eyes she loved so much. "And I've missed you." Tomoe frowned at her lover. Shizuru sighed inwardly at the situation. She decided to play along with Tomoe's whishes and pretended to look sad.
"I'm sorry Tomoe; I don't mean to neglect you." Shizuru leaned in and placed what was to be a chaste kiss on the girl's lips, but Tomoe turned it into something deeper and lust-filled. Shizuru, taking this as a hint, knew Tomoe wanted to make love to her. She blanked out her mind and allowed her masked self to take part until Tomoe was satisfied. It was like being on autopilot, Shizuru never really paid attention to what happened during these times. However, every time she allowed herself to come 'back', Tomoe would be asleep, or panting, and saying that Shizuru was wonderful. Shizuru was only capable of doing this because of practice. She hated having to execute innocent prisoners and would often go on 'autopilot' to avoid having to truly remember it… but her mind had other ideas, and would bring up those horrible memories, to plague her through her dreams afterwards.
"I love you, Rrushi." Tomoe sighed dreamily as she cuddled up against a naked Shizuru, who'd just came out of her autopilot mode. Shizuru rolled her eyes at Tomoe's declaration. How could Tomoe possibly love her, if the girl knew nothing about her? She didn't even know her name.
"Rrushi?" Tomoe asked looking up at Shizuru whose eyes were closed pretending to be asleep. Shizuru would never tell Tomoe her true name nor would she ever say she loved Tomoe, and if she had to she would of course never mean it. Tomoe, seeming to buy Shizuru's sleeping act, made herself comfortable and entangled her limbs with Shizuru's before falling asleep.
"Get your fucking lazy ass out of bed, Rrushi!" Williams' loud yelling and banging caused Shizuru to practically fall out of her bed onto the hard stone floor. Tomoe was just as shocked and had actually fallen out of bed, hissing in pain.
"That fucking insane bastard." Tomoe cussed and stood up from the floor. Shizuru was already rushing to place her chest under constriction with bandages and finished shortly before pulling her uniform pants and shirt on.
"What's the rush? Make him wait."
"I can't. I already overslept as it is."
"So?" Tomoe frowned at the fully-dressed Shizuru as she stood there in her birthday suit. Shizuru, not seeming pleased with this, handed the girl her clothes.
"Just get dressed please." Shizuru gave Tomoe her best fake smile making the girl blush and get dreamy-eyed. "It would make me… very happy." Shizuru cooed into the girls' ear. Tomoe nodded dumbly and started dressing as Williams began banging on the door even harder than before. He wasn't a very patient person.
"Rrushi! Hurry up!"
"Coming!" After Tomoe was dressed Shizuru unlocked the door and stepped out with Tomoe in tow. Shizuru then locked the door and faced a bugged eyed Williams. It looked like he had just seen a flying giraffe fly by in clown suit while juggling eggs.
"What the hell Rrushi!" Williams practically screamed. He was obviously in a bad mood today Shizuru noted.
"Ara, what's wrong?"
"What's wrong? What's wrong is you making us late because you fucked all night with that…that thing!" Williams pointed to the said 'thing' which was a very pissed off and un-amused Tomoe.
"Who're you calling a thing, you ugly troll!" Tomoe hissed, a vein visibly pulsing on her forehead.
"Wasn't I clear when I pointed to you? Oh, wait, I forgot you break every mirror that sees you! Of course you wouldn't know what you look like! Hell, even a lake would part like the red sea upon seeing your hideous face reflected on it!"
"Why… you piece of shit!" Tomoe snarled and pulled out a knife pointing it at Williams. Williams did the same, pulling out his own combat knife. They circled each other practically barking and snapping like dogs. Shizuru sighed and rubbed her temples as she watched the two quip back and forth like a insult tennis match. They had been at each others throats ever since a few weeks ago when Tomoe had purposely thrown a grenade into one of the shipment boxes already filled with gunpowder, causing a large explosion and killing two of Williams' best workers. This, of course, was to get back at Williams for always stealing Shizuru away from her.
"Die you bitch!" Williams growled and thrust his knife towards Tomoe's abdomen, which she successfully dodged. Shizuru was slightly impressed, since Williams was known for his speed and hand to hand combat skills. That and of course his bombs and grenades. Shizuru however wasn't sure of Tomoe's skills, since women weren't trained for battle. Those who worked in the death camps were often only trained in basic combat skills to handle prisoners.
"Williams, please settle down, this petty fighting is only going to make us later." Shizuru gave him a pointed look. Williams had caught Tomoe's arm when she lunged to attack, and twisted her arm behind her back, pinning her to the ground. Williams' eyes, crystal blue, studied rubies for a few moments before standing up and placing his combat knife back into his boot's little compartment.
"You got lucky this time, you little slut." Williams turned to sneer at Tomoe who was slowly rising up from the ground and brushing herself off. "Next time I'll kill you." With that he pulled Shizuru with him to the prisoners' square, where they would collect their workers and bring them to the proper sector. Williams could hear Tomoe's angry growls from behind him, but ignored it. Glancing sidelong at his companion, he frowned slightly. He wasn't sure why, but seeing Tomoe with Rrushi bothered the hell out of him, and would often rub him the wrong way.
"Is there something on my face?" Shizuru asked softly catching Williams eyes on her. Their eyes met briefly before Williams looked away.
"No." They continued their walk in silence before a small realization filled Shizuru's gut. Natsuki… Shizuru and Williams parted ways when they entered the Prisoners' square and headed to the opposite sides to their awaiting workers.
"Move aside." Shizuru's voice rang out, clearing the prisoners away from the door so she could unlock it. They made their way to the small factory to start production until lunch.
"Since we are slightly behind schedule, I hope you all will work harder today." Shizuru gave her workers a small smile before making her way to a desk located in the corner of the room. Dust particles filled the air when Shizuru sat down on the old leather chair. She causally kicked up her feet on the desk and leaned back in the chair, hoping to catch a quick nap for much needed sleep. Shizuru slowly drifted in and out of sleep her dreams filled with screams and blood. Tears of children and the look of utter fear in young teenagers' eyes.
"You killed us!" The little girl in Shizuru's dreams whispered, her red stained lips forming each word slowly, making sure to pronounce 'you' and 'killed' clearly before fading away.
"Why didn't you save us?" cried a young mother, holding the corpse of her now dead baby. Ashes began falling slowly around them.
"I'm sorry!" Shizuru screamed but all that came out was a mere whisper. "I'm sorry…" She stepped closer to Shizuru her body moving smoothly, like liquid.
"Why?" The woman whispered again, the ashes began falling harder piling onto the ground only to melt into thick blood rising slowly to Shizuru's knees. "Don't you care, about me, about us? About him!" The woman screamed, her shill cries filling Shizuru's head like a siren. The woman revealed the baby boy in her arms. A small hole in his forehead grew bigger, like fire burning a hole into paper… until it turned to ash.
"It's not my fault!" Shizuru raised her arms in protest, only to discover a pistol in her hand. Horrified Shizuru threw the gun aside and looked at the woman desperately, but she was no longer there. "It's not my fault!" She screamed and looked around, searching for the woman. The blood rose higher and higher. Shizuru gasped when it reached her neck.
"Stop it!" She let out a strangled cry before her head went under the ever-rising lake of blood. A loud pop sounded, and the blood drained down like a shower drain, pulling Shizuru with it, submerging her in utter darkness.
Bang bang!
Shizuru looked up to see what looked like a spot light in front of her. Her eyes widened at the sight, seeing herself pulling the trigger, blasting two holes in two different heads. "NO!" Shizuru ran to herself but never got close enough. The second Shizuru raised her head to look at her, a sneer plastered on her face. "It's your fault." The other Shizuru whispered.
The other Shizuru then turned to face Natsuki, who was lying on the floor.
"Why don't you just shoot me then?" Natsuki screamed at the other Shizuru, oblivious to the real one not too far from her. The other Shizuru laughed darkly and brought her finger over the trigger.
"NO!"
Click click! The gun sounded, yet Natsuki stayed where she was, finally taking notice to the real Shizuru. "I want to run." Natsuki whispered.
"I want to run."
"Run…run…gun." Natsuki's voice echoed.
"Gun?"
"Kapo Rrushi?" Shizuru gasped and snapped up from her laying position on her desk, sweat plastering her fringe to her sweaty face. "Kapo…?" The voice tried again. Shizuru turned her head to see a teenage girl who looked uncomfortable.
"I'm sorry, what did you say?"
"I said the gun is jammed, I can't get it undone." She said softly. Shizuru wiped the cold sweat from her face and tried making her heart calm down. "C-can you help me?" The girl asked.
"Let me see it." Shizuru took the offered gun and tinkered with it until finding the problem. She quickly fixed the chamber of the gun; it had somehow managed to jam itself. Shizuru gave the girl the gun back to put into the shipment box. Rubbing her face, Shizuru let out a sigh… these dreams are getting out of hand. Looking through her fingers Shizuru watched a certain emerald eyed girl put bullets into magazines with her good hand, the other wrapped up in a bandage. Who are you, Natsuki? Looking at the clock Shizuru, let out another sigh and rang a bell that was on her desk signaling lunch time.
"Line up." The workers rose from their work areas to the middle of the small factory to receive their bread and cup of water. Shizuru placed a small roll of bread in the hands of her workers. Shizuru tried not to cringe at the sight of them. Some had gotten so thin you could see the outline of their bones on the arms and fingers. The months of little food had not been kind to them. Shizuru made her way down the line till she reached the raven-haired beauty that stood defiantly and refused to look weak under Shizuru's watch. Natsuki slowly reached for the offered bread, her slightly boney fingers gently brushing against Shizuru's healthy ones. Natsuki's eyes widened at the contact and quickly looked away from Shizuru's gaze.
"Hurry and eat up everyone, we still have a lot of work to do." Shizuru could hear the grunt and soft snort coming from Natsuki at the word 'we' Shizuru frowned and ignored the small gesture and made her way back to her desk. From there she watched Natsuki finish off her bread quickly and gulp down her water. 'I want to run…' Dream Natsuki's voiced echoed through Shizuru mind causing her to squeeze her eyes shut in frustration. With a sigh, Shizuru opened her desk, fiddling around inside it until she hit a small button on the side which opened the hinges of a fake bottom panel. Lifting it slowly, she grabbed the envelope within the secret compartment.
Opening the envelope, Shizuru reread the contents of it again and again. For hours, and after about 100 times, Shizuru let out a shaky breath. She could feel her hands dampen as nervousness poured into every fiber of her body. Shizuru looked up again to see the slender back of Natsuki cranking on levers of a massive machine. Shizuru frowned at herself when hopes that Natsuki wouldn't hurt herself filled her mind. Replacing the envelope and its contents back into the secret compartment, she rose from her leather chair and left the small factory to get some fresh air. She had only been out there for 10 minutes when Natsuki came out with a box of magazines she was going to place in the shipment box. Natsuki practically tripped over her feet upon seeing Shizuru.
"Hmph." Natsuki grunted, walking over to the wooden crate. She placed the smaller box inside of it, her back facing Shizuru.
"It's a nice night isn't it?" Shizuru's soothing voice asked the younger girl softly. Natsuki stiffened at the voice, but her shoulders soon relaxed. "You can see the stars quite nicely." Natsuki said nothing, her back still facing Shizuru. Natsuki stared at the wooden box that seemed damn interesting at this awkward moment. The two stood in silence, Shizuru watching Natsuki, while the Natsuki could feel a strong gaze burning into her back.
Natsuki finally spoke after a few moments "That's the only beauty in this dreary place. The only pure light." She whispered surprised she was able to speak to the soldier calmly after what happened. Slowly Natsuki turned to face her Kapo, their eyes meeting instantly. Emeralds sparked and swirled brightly with some emotion Shizuru wasn't quite sure of. In the distance a low chime of bells began signaling for the end of the work day.
"Natsuki's right. Only the brightest things are pure." A small smile found its way to Shizuru's lips. Natsuki furrowed her brows cutely before huffing and turning on her heels and walking to the metal doors that lead to the prisoner square.
'What's happening to you Shizuru…' rubbing her temples Shizuru walked back to her barracks after making sure the prisoners were safely inside their own. 'I need tea…' Shizuru stopped a few yards from her special barracks when she saw a figure standing outside her door. The figure stood from its leaning position on her door and faced her, crystal blue eyes looking colder than ever.
"Williams…what's wrong?" Shizuru approached him cautiously. His eyes danced over her form before returning to her eyes. Shizuru stomach did backflips at the look in his eyes.
"Mr. Kanzaki wants to see us."
"I said drop it, Kuga!" Nao growled angrily. Natsuki's constant pestering was starting to annoy her, and she was already in a horrible mood. Natsuki had been trying to make Nao take off her shirt because she had noticed a blood stain that had not been there that morning. They had been yelling and bickering until they'd been kicked out of their barracks until they settled their argument.
"No, let me see it now, Nao!" Natsuki blinked, her comment confusing to her ears. Nao clutched her shoulders so Natsuki couldn't take off her shirt. The redhead had been pushed back until her back hit the cold stone wall of the barracks.
"No, there's nothing to see. It's only dirt." Nao lied, her voice deadpan. She had tried covering the red stain with mud but Natsuki had seen right through it. "Now leave me alone." Natsuki glared and pounced at Nao until they were both struggling on the ground. Natsuki finally successfully pinned Nao down and unbuttoned the dirty shirt, much to Nao's protest.
"I'm going to kick your ass when this is over."
"Yeah, yeah." Mumbling, Natsuki undid the last button and let her eyes roamed over Nao's pale skin. A frown soon found its way to Natsuki's face. "What happened to you?" Emeralds moved along the long, smooth cut that curved around the right side of Nao's ribs, dried up blood making it look worse then it really was.
Nao shivered when a small draft of wind blew over them. "I made him mad. Its my fault." She whispered, not able to look into the slightly older girl's eyes. She knew what would be swirling in those amazing eyes: she saw it every time she told her friend that someone had angered Williams. Natsuki's eyes would be filled with rage and sadness, and something else Nao couldn't quite place. Goosebumps crawled their way onto Nao's flesh when Natsuki's cold fingers brushed gently over the wound. Her fingers traced over her ribs one by one - they weren't very hard to miss. Nao had lost a ton of weight, and her pelvis and ribs stuck out like a sore thumb.
"How could this be your fault? He's the one who cut you." Natsuki's voice had started out as a whisper, but grew louder with frustration and anger. Nao looked at her friend, who was no longer pinning her down.
"But it is… if I'd just listened to him and didn't refuse, this would of never happened. It was obvious he was already having a bad day I should of kno-"
"Don't be stupid." Rising to her feet, Natsuki glared over at the metal door leading to the soldiers' sector. Her body trembled from the cold wind, which was picking up, but mostly she trembled with anger. "That bastard needs to pay."
"Oh, and what do you think you can do, Natsuki?" Nao buttoned up her shirt and stood up, looking in the direction o bf Natsuki before turning to face her. "Just face it. We're being treated as scum and have no power. The second you start trouble you'll be shot in the head. We're lucky to still be alive! If your Kapo hadn't saved our asses the first day we got here, we'd either be thrown into a mass grave or be turned into ashes."
"You're right… we'd have been dead plenty of times now, if it wasn't for Rrushi…" Natsuki furrowed her brows in concentration. Nao watched her silently, wondering what she was thinking.
"Why is that?" She finally asked. Nao blinked at her, slightly confused.
"Why is what?"
"Why is it, every time we get into trouble, he's there?" rubbing her head Natsuki knelt down on the ground and picked up a twig and started drawing in the dirt.
"Isn't it because he's just not heartless?" The redhead watched her friend with interest. Her friend snorted and shook her head at Nao's question. "I don't know. He's just weird or something. I mean he's obviously not from here, you can tell by looking.
"He saved us at the shower line, but before that in the judgment line he was going to send Maria into the death line… but after looking at me, it seemed he decided not to."
"What makes you think that?"
"Because he looked right at me for a good few minutes. Plus, he picked me to live as well" Natsuki drew 3 short lines in the dirt. Side by side, they looked kind of crooked but they would do. "Like he wanted to know if it was ok… or if I wanted her."
"Ok, when else?" Nao asked softly. Natsuki thought for a moment then drew a 4th line into the dirt. Nao raised her brows and watched as the stick cut through the dirt, making a scratchy noise.
"When I hurt my hand, he didn't shoot me like what happens to most people who get hurt, especially their hands since I need them to work. So I guess he saved me then." This made 4 times now that Rrushi had either saved her or had been willing to let this pass.
Nao looked up at the night sky watching the stars for a few moments while she thought. Slowly an idea began playing through her head. "Rrushi hangs out with Williams a lot you know."
"Yeah so?"
"Williams is insane, why would a mellow guy want to hang out with him?" Natsuki shrugged. She had always thought they were friends because Williams seemed to be normal around Rrushi.
"And someone who hangs out with that type of person is bound to know they're insane."
"What are you getting at Nao?"
"Rrushi, for some reason, always helps you. He even deals with your attitude and doesn't punish you, I've heard. Plus he picked you to be his worker really quickly, like he knew Williams was going to head that way. Maybe he's protecting you from Williams… from everyone." Natsuki stared at Nao like she was a crazy person.
"What makes you think he picked me on purpose like that?" Natsuki glared down at the crooked lines she drew in the dirt, thinking over Nao's logic.
"Because when Williams picked me, he and Rrushi we talking, and Williams sounded like he was pouting because Rrushi got to you first." Nao pointed out. Her own logic sounded weird in her head and she wasn't even sure if she was on the right track.
"Ok… let's say you are right about all this, then why is Rrushi trying to protect me? He doesn't even know me! Plus, what about what happened yesterday?" Natsuki shook her head, clearly confused. She had told Nao about yesterday's events, but had left out the part where her and Rrushi had talked about how she should run away. For some reason, she felt like she shouldn't say anything about that.
"That's what makes it confusing…" Nao thought for a moment. "Maybe he fancies you." Nao chuckled at Natsuki, who now displayed a wonderful blush on her face.
"Don't be stupid, Nao." Natsuki's knees were feeling numb. She sighed and stood up with Nao following suit. "Either way, I'm going to get to the bottom of this. He's just too weird, too nice, and there's something about him that doesn't seem…natural."
"Are you sure sir?" Shizuru's heart couldn't help but beat rapidly, even though she was panicking on the inside her mask didn't falter once. Mr. Kanzaki's face was serious, the worry lines obvious on is forehead.
"I can't explain to you in words how grave this is." Mr. K rubbed his face, his tired eyes dropping with exhaustion. He looked like he hadn't slept in days. Then again, neither had Shizuru, at least not very well… Not with those who she'd killed and Natsuki filling her dreams.
"I assure you, sir, we will get to the bottom of this."
"And when we find out who it is, I'll be sure to personally torture them as painfully as possible and make them squeal." Williams' face was hard like stone, his eyes looking icy in his rage. Shizuru wasn't too sure why Williams was this angry about it.
"You two are my most trusted soldiers. Make sure not to tell anyone, or I'll be forced to kill you for being a traitor, understand?"
"Sir!" They both saluted and were dismissed from Mr. Kanzaki's room. They walked down the hallway, tension thick in the air. Shizuru gambled whether to ask Williams why he was so angry. She decided there was nothing to lose by asking and cleared her throat.
"Williams? What's wrong?" Williams said nothing but Shizuru knew he was collecting his thoughts. His body was rigid and tense while they walked, and all his movements seemed forced.
"Isn't it obvious?" He said, coldly, when they finally exited the building. Lifting a brow Shizuru waited for him to continue. When he didn't, Shizuru sighed.
"Williams…"
"Just forget it, there's no need to be worried about me."
"I can't help it when you're being like this." Shizuru crossed her arms and stopped walking looking at Williams' broad shoulders until he stopped. He had only gotten a few yards when he realized he was no longer being followed. Slowly he turned around to face Shizuru. The stars and the moon were the only light. Williams' form was mostly silhouetted in the shadows of the night, his piercing eyes the only thing really sticking out.
"Don't worry Rrushi… I'll make sure nothing bad happens." His eyes met Shizuru's and her belly did summersaults before calming down.
"Williams…" Shizuru whispered to the man's now retreating back. She watched him until she could no longer see him before going back to her special barracks. The day's events had worn her out. Mr. K's words haunted her dreams when she finally fell asleep, uneasiness filling her being.
(3months have passed)
"It's to be expected…"
"It's been 5 months now…I'm surprised she was healthy so long…"
"Most people her age usually kick the bucket sooner."
Natsuki wanted to explode at the whispers that were being exchanged throughout the prisoner square. There had been no work today, besides for those who had to move dead bodies to the massive holes a mile away or to the ovens, or those who new how to fix and clean machines. Natsuki stormed off to the corner where her mother sat with Maria's head in her
Lap, and Nao who was sitting next to her rubbing her back gently.
"Ah, Natsuki… welcome back." Maria greeted her but ended up coughing a few seconds later. Her cough sounded rough and raw on her throat. Maria gave her a sheepish smile after her coughing fit, as if to say sorry.
"How are you feeling?"
"To be honest… I feel like shit." Natsuki let out a pathetically small laugh at Maria's choice of words: so much for elegance, Natsuki thought humorously. Saeko stroked Maria's hair softly trying to ease the old woman.
"Really? Because you don't look like it, you don't look a day over 35." Natsuki joked trying to clear away the pent up emotions that everyone was brimming with. Maria rolled her eyes and smiled softly at Natsuki.
"Why thank you, dear." Natsuki placed the bowl of soup she had fetched for Maria down near her mothers lap so she could help feed her.
"Careful Omi." Natsuki frowned when the old woman choked a little on the soup. Nao patted the spot next to her for Natsuki to sit. Both of them said nothing, but knew what the other was thinking. Maria was sick… very sick. She had gotten it a few weeks ago. No one was sure where it came from but no one wanted to catch it since infection and disease spread like wildfire in small spaces. They had forced Maria to sleep outside. Natsuki's sense of loyalty didn't let Maria brave the outside alone and joined her. Nao and Saeko had come out with her and they all huddled together to stay warm.
Natsuki had tried finding out if there was a way to get medicine for Maria but found out that it would be a bad idea, if the soldiers knew Maria was sick they would shoot her on the spot. Scanning the prisoner square Natsuki watched as people interacted. Some were napping while others ate and talked. Some of the children played games while the teenage girls were hit on by some of the soldiers. Natsuki had seen a girl purposely flirt with a soldier once, about a month ago. The girl was able to spark the soldier's fancy, and ended up claiming him as her boyfriend. He got her out of the camp. Now she walked the death camp in a nice women's uniform looking healthy and well fed.
"I wish we could do something." Nao mumbled so that only Natsuki could hear her. The raven-haired girl huffed, not really sure how to answer. What was she supposed to say? Without medicine Maria would slowly die from whatever she had caught, and if not that, then be shot down by a soldier. Natsuki chewed on her lip in frustration: it was a new bad habit she's acquired. Her lips were often red and covered with red slits from where the skin broke. Her mother had commented on it but knew that Natsuki would continue to do it anyway.
"I wish I could get medicine for her…" Without realizing it, Natsuki's eyes searched for a certain red-eyed soldier, as if he would be generous enough to get her the medicine. "What the hell, Kuga! He's a murderer! Why are you even thinking of him?" She growled at herself for actually letting her thoughts lead her to him.
"What are you growling about now mutt?"
"Who you calling a mutt, you… spider!" Natsuki gave the redhead a sidelong glance before focusing ahead, watching faceless bodies do their own thing. Nao snorted and shook her head.
"Spider? How the hell am I a spider?" She pouted when Natsuki didn't answer her immediately. She gave the pale skinned girl a pinch in the arm, which caused her to yelp and jump slightly. "Well?"
"Because you get under my skin." Rubbing her arm, Natsuki glared at the smug looking redhead. Nao wiggled her brows at Natsuki before inspecting her nails.
"Teasing with you is the only thing that keeps me sane." Natsuki scowled and debated whether or not she should say that Nao was already insane and shouldn't hang out with Williams so much, but she knew bringing up the girl's Kapo was a sore topic. For the past three months he's been on edge. Nao had described him as though every little thing seemed to irk him. Rrushi seemed rather serious, too, and less lenient with everyone. Rrushi hadn't punished anyone by death, but he did tend to use his leather whip more. The other day one of the workers messed up on the machine and ruined several parts. Rrushi seemed to snap, which wasn't like him at all, and whipped the poor woman for her incompetence.
"Too late - you're already insane." Natsuki pinched the slightly younger girl for revenge, causing Nao to yelp. This caused Maria to groan and earned a silent scolding from her Mother.
"If you're going to fool around, go somewhere else. Maria needs her sleep." The two girls agreed and said their apologies before heading off to an unknown destination. They roamed the prisoners' square quite bored. The huge sector was flat and lifeless. Everything was dirt or mud with a few patches of grass here and there. Metal electric fences blocked them from the outside world and kept the living nightmare that chilled their bones inside.
"The sun's going down." Nao noted, her head pointed up to the sky, her eyes reading it. The day was rather nice despite where they were. No one had been beaten or killed today and the sky was clear, without a cloud in the sky. Spring seemed to be on its way, but not for some time. The February winds blew strongly, making most shiver from its chill.
"Joy: another cold night to endure."
"If we stay huddled together we'll make it, and sadly Maria's burning body makes it a little better." Nao frowned. Maria was always burning with a fever and sweating even though she was freezing. She knew Natsuki didn't like talking about Maria being sick but it was an obvious evil that laughed in the young girl's face. Maria would die. There was no questioning it. When it would happen was the only mystery.
"Shut up." Natsuki glared down at the dirt below her feet. She had stopped walking. Nao looked at her, confused. Had she angered her green-eyed friend? Natsuki's eyes lifted up to stare far off ahead of her, and Nao followed the gaze that lead to a wine-eyed soldier who was looking their way.
"Natsuki?"
"Hm?" Natsuki hummed not taking her eyes off the soldier who was doing the same. The soldier blinked but still kept his gaze on Natsuki. Her body shuddered as a sudden chill climbed up her back.
"What are you thinking?"
Chewing her lip, Natsuki tore her gaze away from Nao, who looked rather serious as if she already knew what Natsuki was thinking. "Something crazy." Nao's jaw dropped to the ground as realization began to kick in.
"What the hell, Natsuki! Are you crazy!"
"I just said I was going to do something crazy, did I not?"
"Yeah but, this is like insane! It's stupid!" Nao grabbed Natsuki's arm, trying to keep the girl from going. Natsuki seemed displeased at this and glared at Nao, who refused to let go.
"Let go, Nao." She hissed.
"No, I'm not going to let you do something stupid like that. It's to risky!"
"It's worth a try!" Natsuki yanked her arm out of Nao's grasp but didn't walk away. She knew she was being stupid. There was no way that Rrushi would be nice enough to give her medicine for Maria, and she was pretty sure that it would probably get Rrushi in trouble as well.
"Natsuki…" Nao sighed and looked over to where Saeko and Maria were. They were in the same position they had been in all day, with Maria's head in Saeko's lap and her fingers running through the poor old woman's hair. "She's going to die…there's no helping it. It's her time…" Nao looked back at her friend, who's eyes looked ready to overflow with tears.
"She can't…" Natsuki choked back, it felt like a ball was lodged into her throat and she couldn't get it down. "Omi can't die…" The girl sat in the dirt, feeling defeated. Slowly she pulled her knees up to her chest and hugged them tightly, before resting her forehead on her knees. "She can't."
Nao felt her own tears threatening to fall and sat beside Natsuki, trying to comfort the girl as best as she could. Nao wasn't use to seeing a weeping Natsuki. The girl always showed her angry or strong side. The redhead was at a lost for words when she heard the soft sobs escape the slightly older girl's lips and rock her body. Nao tried saying comforting things - that seemed to work and calm the girl down a little, but Natsuki soon realized her friend had been quiet for a while now.
"Nao?" Natsuki looked up from her knees to see Nao sitting beside her but looking up. Natsuki looked up too, only to finally notice Rrushi who was standing over them. Rrushi looked bored but upon seeing Natsuki's tear stained cheeks, Shizuru's eyes widen slightly. She had never seen the girl look so weak and pathetic before, not even when she had threatened the girl's life. Natsuki seemed to notice the intrigued stare, because she quickly wiped away the rest of the tears on her face.
"What do you want?" Natsuki asked hoarsely her face flushing when her voiced cracked. The crying had strained her voice a bit, and was making it difficult to sound defiant. Natsuki watched Rrushi raise a brow at her as if to say, 'you're kidding, right?'
"I heard you're good at fixing things."
"Yeah, so?" Despite being annoyed, Shizuru put a fake smile across her face, which caused Natsuki to frown. Shizuru ignored the frown and gestured to the metal doors behind her.
"So nothing, you're coming with me."
"And if I don't?" Natsuki wasn't really in the mood to be ordered around, but knew she was being stupid for being such a difficult case. Shizuru, already feeling annoyed, glared at Natsuki with cold eyes, making the girl feel like crawling into a hole and die.
"If you don't you will be punished."
"You're going to whip me?" Natsuki rolled her eyes at the thought. She had been whipped before by Rrushi not to long ago. It had hurt, but it wasn't to bad since Rrushi hadn't put his all into it.
"No…" Shizuru clenched her teeth at Natsuki's eye roll. This girl seemed to be taking advantage of her kindness, and Shizuru was fed up with it. If she was going to be a brat… Shizuru would teach her a lesson. "I'll whip your friend, until she passes out." Shizuru said sweetly, venom heavily coated on each word she let slip off her tongue.
"You can't do that!"
"I assure you, princess, I can do what ever I god damn please. And if you don't get your ass up now, the whipping will start this instant!" Shizuru pulled the whip from her belt and aimed it at Nao.
"No!" Natsuki scrambled up to her feet and blocked Nao. "Stop, I'll go…" Natsuki looked up at Rrushi defeat clear in her eyes. Shizuru put the whip back onto her belt and Natsuki relaxed a little.
"Good choice." Shizuru grabbed Natsuki by the wrist and dragged her off to the small factory. Once inside, Shizuru dragged Natsuki over to one of the machines and told her to get to work. Natsuki looked puzzled as she poked around in the machine. She wasn't a mechanic. Shizuru sat herself on a chair nearby and watched the girl.
"What makes you think I can fix this?" Natsuki grumbled and checked some wires to make sure they were in tight. It sparked at her causing her to reflexively yank her hand out and cuss at the machine.
"People said you could fix things."
"Like what?"
"They said you've fixed the board beds on the wall from falling off and the door from screeching when you opened it." Shizuru sighed, bored, as she looked around the dusty room that smelled like oil and metal. The lights were dim and often flickered and the silence was filled with Natsuki's soft cussing and the sound of clanking metal.
"Doesn't mean I can fix a damn machine." Natsuki used a wrench and tightened a few bolts, then reconnected a wire that had fallen out of place. "I don't even know what I'm looking for."
"Neither do I, and we are short on mechanics. So suck it up." Shizuru pulled her attention back onto the raven-haired girl. Natsuki could feel those red eyes on her back but remained silent. After checking everything she could think of, Natsuki closed the small panel and turned on the machine. It roared to life, surprising them both.
"You actually fixed it." Shizuru got up to inspect it, her eyes roaming the machine. It seemed to actually be working better then before. "What did you do?"
"To be honest I don't have a damn clue." Natsuki chuckled and scratched her cheek with oil-stained hands and smudges across her face. She was pleased she was able to fix the hunk of junk. Natsuki glanced over to her Kapo, who didn't seem to notice. She wondered how he could be so nice sometimes, only to become a different person and be scary as hell. The word bipolar came to mind.
"Come on, let's go. It's late." Shizuru started off towards the door, her hand on the knob when Natsuki spoke.
"Rrushi… are… are you a bad person?"
Shizuru stared at the brass knob, not sure what to say to that. She thought it over for a moment. The cries and screams of the past filled her head. "I suppose I am, or rather… I can be."
"You kill people." It wasn't a question, but an obvious statement but it did not stop Shizuru's heart from clenching with the claws of the past. Shizuru looked over her shoulder at the young girl, who seemed to be lost in thought.
"Yes, I do… I have."
"Why?"
"Because I have to." Shizuru turned all the way around. She knew this would lead to something, to what she wasn't sure. She could feel her pulse run strong through her body. Natsuki always seemed to make her feel uneasy, yet calm at the same time. It was confusing and Shizuru didn't understand it.
"Do you like it? Killing people?"
"No." One simple word, but it made Natsuki look at the soldier with hope. He didn't like to kill so maybe he'd be willing to help Natsuki. Maybe he'd be willing to save a life.
"I... I need…" Natsuki stammered fear soon pushed hope into the corner of her heart. What if he said no what if he laughed in her face and had Maria shot? "I… she..." Natsuki stammered more.
"Medicine…" Natsuki sighed and looked down at her feet, waiting for the snide comments but received none.
"Medicine?"
"F-for my friend…if I don't s-she'll die…" Natsuki could only whisper the last part, tears stinging her eyes. She fought with all her might to keep them down. She could hear the sharp intake of breath from the soldier.
"There's medicine that could probably save her." Shizuru watched Natsuki's eyes fill with hope once more. They watched Shizuru intently, waiting for the golden words that would save her friend. "But I can't get you any, that would be impossible." Natsuki's face crumbled into despair her eyes spilling with a waterfall of tears but her face was soon cleared of any emotion with tears that wouldn't stop.
"I see." She whispered. Shizuru chewed the inside of her cheek. Her body trembled at the sight of the broken girl in front of her. The girls hollow gaze felt like it was piercing through Shizuru. She shifted from one foot to the other her chest felt tight, like she was suffocating under the girls gaze.
"It's time to go to the barracks now, 9830" Shizuru mumbled before turning for the door and leading the younger girl back to the prisoners' square. The night was chilly and blew Shizuru's long hair around as well as Natsuki's. Looking over her shoulder to see if the girl was still following her, she watched the girl's hollow green eyes stare into space and slowly yet gracefully walked in the darkness, with only the light of the moon to guide her, like that of the dead. They reached the barracks only to stop where Natsuki's friends and mother huddled on the ground trying to keep warm.
"Why aren't you in the barracks?" Shizuru watched them slowly look up at the oldest one's eyes remained closed while she shivered and breathed heavily. "She must be the one who's sick." Shizuru chewed at her cheek again while she watched the poor old woman.
"They won't let us in." Natsuki's voice sounded cold and irritated. "They don't want to risk getting sick, so we all came out here so she wouldn't freeze." Natsuki practically spit out the last word.
Shizuru licked her lips feeling rather uncomfortable watching the sick old woman in front of her and feeling the raging aura seeping out of Natsuki. It seemed to choke Shizuru with its sickening sweet smell, which reminded Shizuru of the autumn air. Shizuru always seemed to feel this presence when the raven-haired girl was extremely emotional.
"It's sad to see our own people turn their backs on us. It wouldn't be like this if it weren't for people like you!" Natsuki could feel the ball form in her throat again, with tears threatening to fall. They were all monsters to her, even Rrushi. Shizuru winced slightly at the harsh words thrown her way. She knew it was true but she was trying her hardest! She didn't want this!
"T-try not to freeze." She mumbled quickly before walking away to her special barracks the inside of her cheek was now raw and she could taste metal when she brushed her tongue along the spot. She could feel Natsuki's eyes on her until she was out of sight.
Quickly she unlocked her door and slammed it behind her and locked it. Her breaths came heavy and ragged, as if she had been running. Her heart felt nothing but sorrow and anger. Her fist and teeth clenched and unclenched. "Try not to freeze?" She mumbled softly. "Try not to freeze?" Rage built up until she exploded she crossed the room and flung her bed over and pushed her armoire, which cracked on the hard stone floor sending splinters of wood to litter the ground.
"Try not to fucking freeze!" Shizuru growled in frustration and shoved the small chest at the foot of her bed over, causing her to lose her balance and hit the wall behind her, making her even more angry. She turned to punch the stone wall but saw her angry self in her mirror. Blood red eyes stared sadly back at her, her fist raised and her hair and uniform in a mess. Why did she look like she was going to cry when she felt so angry?
"Grah!" She let out a strangled scream that came out more like a sob and smashed her fist into the full body mirror. The mirror spiderwebbed as it cracked and some pieces fell to the floor. shattering into smaller pieces of glass. Breathing heavily Shizuru watched small streams of blood trickle from her fist down the mirror following the cracks that were already there. Moving her eyes away from the blood she looked at her shattered reflection once more. Tears streaked over her cheeks and her matted hair made her look weak and lost like a child. Pulling her hand away from the glass she looked at the bleeding wound in her hand small pieces of glass still stuck in it.
"What's happened to me?" The blood dripped down to the floor making a soft plop sound in the deathly silence. Natsuki's image popped into her head. That girl was all that ever filled her head these days, and Shizuru wondered why. She was nice yet harsh to the girl and didn't spend any extra time with the girl besides today. Natsuki often appeared in her dreams now too, and every time her life was in danger in her dreams. Shizuru felt like the world was ending and she needed to save the girl.
"Natsuki, what have you done to me? Weren't you just another blank face waiting to be just another number? Your supposed to be number 9830 to me, not Natsuki, not the girl with amazing emeralds for eyes… not the person I would dream about." Shizuru sighed. The bleeding had slowed now and her hand began to sting in pain.
"Why did you come into my life?" Shizuru looked at herself in the mirror once again. Her tears had stopped and her eyes looked stronger and determined, no confusion in them. Her heart had already accepted why, but her mind wouldn't make its self up. "Why?" A small smile creeped up onto Shizuru's lips.
Shizuru left her barracks in a mess and headed down to a sector of the camp she rarely ever visited. A small building stood alone amongst others, a small red cross painted on the door. With a sigh, Shizuru knocked on the door and waited for the camp doctor to answer it. After a few moments the Doctor answered the door.
"Oh, Rrushi, I haven't seen you in a while." A man with blonde hair open the door wider and stepped aside so Shizuru could enter. "How have you been?" The man asked and sat down on his chair, writing a few things down on a piece of paper.
"I've been ok, I suppose. Dr. Tate, do you think you could fix my hand?" Shizuru made her way over to a stool and sat on it, waiting for the man to finish his writing.
"Of course, let me see it." He put his pencil down and took Shizuru's hand and frowned at it seeing the small pieces of mirror in it. "What happened?" Tate raised his brows at Shizuru. Shizuru shrugged and gave a shy smile.
"I kind of punched my mirror."
"I see…" Not wanting to know why Tate began picking the pieces of mirror out of Shizuru's fist after cleaning the wound as best as he could. After he finished taking out all the pieces he cleaned it once more and wrapped a bandage around it. "There, good as new." He smiled and patted Shizuru's hand gently after he finished. Shizuru examined the bandage the words spilling out of her mouth before she could think about it.
"Um, I do believe I'm starting to come down with a flu of some sort, do you have any strong medication I could have?" Shizuru moved her attention to Tate who was once again writing down something.
"I suppose I could, give me a moment." Tate stood up and made his way over to the other side of the small room. The room seemed rather dreary, and old bloodstains were bleached into the hardwood floors. Saws and other Doctor stuff were hung up on the wall. Tate returned with a small bottle in hand. "This should do the trick. Just take a sip of this a day until it runs out and you should recover quickly."
"Thank you, Dr. Tate." Taking the small bottle, Shizuru made her way out of the small building and headed to the prisoners square, her heart pounding harder and harder with each step. Squinting in the dark Shizuru could make out the small group huddling together and trying to sleep. Shizuru stopped in front of them and cleared her throat to get their attention. No one moved and Shizuru tried again still no movement, Slowly she kneeled down in front of Natsuki and gently shook the sleeping girl.
"Natsuki" Shizuru said quietly trying to wake the girl. Natsuki mumbled and tried turning away from the intruding voice. Shizuru blushed slightly the girls sleeping face was just to adorable! "Nat-su-ki" Shizuru pronounced the girls name slowly while gently tapping her cheek.
"Warm." Natsuki mumbled and leaned into Shizuru's hand. Shizuru's heart clenched tightly at the small gesture.
"W-wake up Natsuki." Shizuru marveled at how soft Natsuki's skin was while she tried waking the girl. Fluttering eyelids finally lifted lazily to see who was disturbing their sleep.
"You're pretty." She mumbled sleepily, her eyes drooping.
"Ara, Natsuki is far prettier." Shizuru couldn't help but giggle. Oh, how she wished she could record this moment so she could show Natsuki how odd she was when she was half asleep. If Natsuki was awake fully she would have been glaring daggers at Shizuru.
"Natsuki I have…medicine…"
"Medicine?" Natsuki blinked a few times finally starting to wake up. When realization kicked in Natsuki yelped and jumped away from Shizuru's touch. "What are you doing here?" She hissed angrily. Shizuru sported a small pout.
"Ara, I thought Natsuki was happy to see me."
"Why the hell would I be happy to see you?"
"I was under the assumption that Natsuki wanted this." Shizuru held the small bottle of medicine for the girl to see.
"W-what's that?"
"Medicine, Nat-su-ki." Shizuru purred her name not sure why she was feeling so flirty. The raven-haired girl turned red at the way Shizuru pronounced her name.
"D-don't say my name like that!" She growled.
"Natsuki doesn't want the medicine for her friend?" Shizuru went to put the bottle back into her pocket but was stopped by Natsuki's hand. A sly smile crossed Shizuru's lips.
"NO! I mean… no, I do, I want it." Mumbling, Natsuki looked down shyly, her hand still rested on Shizuru's, the contact making them both shudder. "I thought you couldn't get this" Natsuki looked back up at Shizuru was looking at her intensely.
"I couldn't. It's against the rules. The penalty if I get caught… death."
"Then why?" Natsuki frowned at the soldier, her eyes never leaving Shizuru's, begging for an explanation. "Why would you risk it?" It was Shizuru's turn to look away now, her eyes looking down at their hands that seemed to radiate heat in this bitter cold.
"Because I don't want to be a monster." Slowly standing up, she slipped her hand out of Natsuki's, leaving the bottle in her hands. "I don't like being a monster, Natsuki." Sighing Shizuru walked away from the girl and her small group who continued to sleep soundly. "Make sure she takes a sip of that every day until its gone."
"Rrushi." Natsuki called out quietly stopping the soldier from going any further. "Um…er, Thanks…" Natsuki mumbled awkwardly. Shizuru smiled softly at her before walking away back to her special barracks.
"You're most welcome."
"Drink this, Omi, you'll feel better." Natsuki offered the bottle to the old woman, who eyed it suspiciously. Everyone seemed surprised when Natsuki had produced the small bottle from her pocket. The group had woken up an hour or so before the needed time and it didn't seem like anyone was willing to go back to sleep until it was time to work.
"Where did you get that?" Saeko looked at her daughter with worry. Surely if the soldiers found out that Natsuki had that they would kill them all. Natsuki blushed slightly and looked down shyly trying to hide from the prying eyes. This only made them more interested, and they continued to bug the girl until she told them.
"R-Rrushi…gave it to me."
"What?" Nao's jaw practically dropped to the ground, her eyes budging out at the confession. Everyone looked at her in disbelief. Natsuki let out a dramatic sigh and ran her fingers through her midnight locks.
"I don't know why he did it, but I snapped at him and you all saw it… but last night he woke me up and gave me the medicine."
"What did he say?"
Natsuki frowned as she thought about it. She had been really harsh to her Kapo, but had thought nothing of it since it only seemed fair. All the soldiers were so harsh to them, so why bother being nice? Natsuki could feel the hint of guilt building in her chest. She had been wrong to be so harsh to Rrushi, and he had proven himself somewhat to her. Nodding to herself she vowed to be nicer to the soldier as long as he continued to be nice to her. "He said that he wasn't a monster, that he didn't like being a monster."
"What a good young man." Maria said, her voice hoarse and rough. Coughing into her sleeve. "Well I'm sure its risky business to give prisoners medicine lets not let it go to waste." Natsuki nodded and opened the bottle, then handed it to the old woman.
"All you need is a sip a day Omi." She watched as Maria took a sip of the liquid and made a scrunched up face before coughing roughly, and generally looking disgusted. "Are you ok Omi?"
"Yes dear, I-" Maria held her hand up to say wait as she went into a coughing fit. "I'm fine dear."
"Thank that nice boy for me when you seem him, won't you dear?" Natsuki shrugged and put the cover back on the little bottle before pocketing it. It looked like an unnecessary bulge on her lean frame. Natsuki could almost count all her ribs now and see her pelvis sticking out of her. Natsuki frowned at the unsightly look of her now scrawny arms and sunken cheeks that were no longer round and slightly pudgy.
"Sure, Omi." Maria smiled and relaxed against the stone wall they all shared and watched the sky. The day would be could and dreary but the look and feel of it. The wire on the fences creaked and groaned as they rubbed against the metal post they were connected to with the help of a small wind blowing by.
"I should find a place to hide this." Natsuki patted the small bottle that was in her pocket and left after receiving a few nods from her mother and friends. Walking around she looked for a spot that would be safe to hide the bottle, but quickly realized there really wasn't anywhere to hide it. With a hand gliding over the rough stone wall Natsuki made her way over to the other area of the prisoners' square where they got there food, if it could even be called that. "Maybe I can find a loose brick here somewhere." Natsuki's eyes scanned the large grey brick wall looking for any loose place.
"Loose rock… loose rock." She mumbled to herself over and over. "Bingo." at the corner of the wall several loose bricks wiggled under Natsuki's touch. Checking if the coast was clear, she then wiggled the brick loose from it holding place. "Why, that's a deep hole." Natsuki peered into it seeing a small light on the other side. "Shouldn't this building be several layers thick?"
"Hehe, that tickles."
"Ara, I'm sorry." Natsuki blinked at the hushed sound of voices. She could just barely make out the voices but could tell who one was due to the ever so frequent "Ara," that always through its way into most of Rrushi's statements. "What the hell is an ara anyway?" Natsuki scowled and peered into the hole again even though she could see much. If she tried really hard she could see Rrushi and some woman getting awfully close.
"We should really do this some other time."
"What, why? No one comes here after the muck has been served, we've got all the privacy we need. Besides you wont let me into your room."
"Yeah, um, it's a bit messy."
"So no complaining, I know you want this too, beautiful." The voice purred as seductively as she could. Natsuki face flushed slightly embarrassed that she stumbled upon this but didn't leave. "Did she just call him… beautiful?"
Inwardly Shizuru rolled her eyes but remained calm on the outside with a flirty smile placed on her lips. "Ara, is Tomoe-kun(1) sure about that?" Tomoe giggled like a school girl at the honorific. Shizuru rolled her eyes with a knowing smile on her face.
"Tell me what that means again"
"It means, most beautiful one." Shizuru had to suppress the chuckle she could feel coming on. "You're a busu(2) like no other. Which means you have, uh the looks of the most beautiful goddess."
"Then I think you're the busu." Tomoe giggled and a seductive hand over Shizuru's thigh. Natsuki was still watching and was very beyond confused. "Where the hell is this guy from? Besides… that girl looks like a frog" Natsuki grumbled seeing the way the girl named Tomoe freely moved her hands along Rrushi's thigh.
"I assure you Tomoe I'm not even close to a busu. Unlike you," Shizuru smiled confidently and held back another chuckle. Tomoe pleased with Shizuru's flirting slide her hand into Shizuru's pants causing Shizuru to tense slightly.
"Anyway… we should get going."
"Nonsense, let's stay here." Tomoe pushed herself onto Shizuru and straddled her lap. Sighing Shizuru let the girl do as she pleased. Tomoe's lips found Shizuru's soft ones and pulled her into a deep kiss. While they kissed made short work out of Shizuru's uniform top and rolled it back off Shizuru's shoulders reveal her grey shirt which Tomoe also removed after breaking the heated kiss.
"I have to take the bandages off too?" Shizuru frowned she didn't like taking them off unless she was in the safety of her own room.
"Don't worry, no one will see you, it's our… little secret." Tomoe took off the bandages and smiled when Shizuru's perfect breasts appeared from under them. Tomoe ran her hands up and down Shizuru's chest loving how warm and soft they were.
"What the fuck!" Natsuki whispered, though she actually wanted to scream it. There on the other side of the wall was Rrushi, her Kapo, and her enemy, who was supposed to be some mean guy soldier who was actually a whole lot of a woman. Plus she was doing those sorts of things with another woman! Natsuki's face burned with the new blush that had splashed its way all over her face.
"Even if someone did find out, Rrushi." Tomoe grinned a sick little twisted smile. "I'd kill them." Natsuki swallowed and placed the brick back where it was and ran back to her barracks still in shock. Everyone else in the camp still seemed to be asleep Natsuki quickly hid the small bottle of medicine near the fence facing the woods, where a small patch of grass was, and ripped out the grass out so she could hide the bottle under it. She then ran back to where her friends and mother were.
"Welcome back, Natsuki." Saeko smiled at her returning daughter who looked a bit spooked. "Are you alright?" Saeko's voice filled with worry.
"Uh, yeah, I just saw…" Natsuki frowned and played the scene in her head again. Everyone looked at Natsuki curiously. "I… I saw a weird bug when I hid the bottle." Natsuki frowned.
"Oh, that's interesting, dear." Maria smiled while Natsuki sat down and stared off at the fence deep in thought. How could Rrushi be a woman? Wasn't there a rule saying women couldn't be soldiers or something? Sighing, Natsuki rubbed her head. If she really thought about it Rrushi did seem kind of girlish. His hair was longish and shaggy, Natsuki guessed Rrushi kept it shaggy looking so it appeared more guy-ish without looking girly so she didn't have to cut all her hair off. Rrushi's face looked kind of girly to. It was soft looking and she didn't have a chisled chin. She was pretty sure Rrushi didn't have an Adam's apple either. Rrushi's voice seemed really soft some times to and not deep at all, her accent didn't help either. Rrushi had a slender frame and long fingers too, now that Natsuki thought about it, and those eyes were absolutely stunning. Natsuki blushed slightly "His br-…her breast were kind of big." Natsuki shook the forming picture out of her head. "Grah, what am I thinking! She's still the enemy." How was she going to face her Kapo after learning her secret and seeing her breasts!
"Ugh." Natsuki grumbled and hit her head on the stone wall she was leaning against. The bells sounded in the distance to tell everyone it was time for work. Natsuki sighed and stood up, looking over at the metal doors on the other side of the prisoners square. "I'm screwed."
(1) Shizuru is basicly calling Tomoe a man because shes a hoe XD
(2) Busu basicly means very ugly woman ;P
Oh yeaaaaahhh alll done! *dances* sorry it took so long guys! hope you enjoyed please review and give me your opinions! Also a big thanks to my Beta Emmy for betaing this so fast! it didnt even take her 24 hours o.o. Also those who are reading Summer Love sorry for not updating latelt i've been mega busy! I'll try to get chapter 8 of Piosonous up soon! and once again Caio~
