She is my Master!

"Tate got suspended?" Mai blinked as she met for lunch with Chie and Aoi.

"For a full week," Chie confirmed, "and he'll be on academic probation for the rest of the school year."

"Damn," Aoi shook her head. "What did he do?"

Chie shrugged, "What hasn't he done? But I think he finally crossed someone his athletic scholorship couldn't save him from."

"He's THAT bad?" Mai asked.

"Well, he's been very good at staying just on the safe side of the rules," Chie conceded. "But I think he'd have gotten some complaints if he wasn't so popular."

"Yeah. He's your typical jerk jock," Aoi agreed. She looked at Chie, "But what did he do to finally get busted?"

Chie looked at Mai, "I actually kind of thought you'd have heard."

"Huh?" Mai blinked.

"From what I heard he snuck on Shizuru-sensei's property and got caught on camera." Chie said, "and unlike others she wasn't willing to let it slide."

"Good for her!" Aoi smiled.

"Yeah," Mai agreed with them a bit dubiously. Thoughtfully she added, "I hope she didn't do it for my sake."

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Later that day Shizuru gave her an amused look. "No, ah did not do it for you," she smiled.

"I figured I should ask, considering...," Mai shrugged.

Shizuru nodded, "Tate has a fairly long record. That, and his trespassing on my property was enough to finally get him in real trouble."

"I see," Mai nodded.

Shizuru watched her head off, then went back to her paperwork.

Mai, of course, was not the only person to come see her over the Tate situation. The coach of the Kendo team had come in, along with several athletic squads that Tate was on, all complaining over his suspension. Apparently athletic success was more important than the student's moral quality.

"Having fun dealing with the whiners?" Midori asked, sticking her head into the cubicle Shizuru had in the staff room.

"I'm suddenly more sympathetic with the principal," Shizuru conceded.

Midori gave her a sympathetic look. "The sports teams bring in a LOT of donations from alums, so they have a lot of power," she noted.

"Ugh," Shizuru rubbed her eyes. "Thankfully I'm nearly done for the day..."

"Good luck," Midori said. "If it helps any, I think most of the teachers are behind you," she added as she left.

'Well, well behind me,' Shizuru thought wryly. Tho again, she couldn't really blame them THAT much...

Her final class of the day was classic literture, which was fun if boring. Boring, because the books the school chose were, well, bad, fun because Natsuki was there.

"Good afternoon, class," Shizuru drawled cheerfully.

"Afternoon Miss Fujino," they chorused back willingly enough.

Shizuru ordered various students to read pieces of the current book, then quizzed them on how much they understood. It was SO cute watching Natsuki try to hide behind her book to avoid being asked. Just for that Shizuru made sure to at least toss a few questions her way.

Haruka Suzushiro, interestingly, was delivering an absolute death glare. The blonde student council president looked very unhappy with Shizuru...

After class, Haruka marched up to Shizuru's desk. "Yes, Miss Suzushiro?" Shizuru purred.

Haruka gave her a flat look. "Thank you," she finally growled.

THAT wasn't what Shizuru had been expecting. "You're welcome?" she blinked.

"The student council has been trying to get something done about Tate for awhile," Haruka told her, "but we got stonewalled. I'm glad something got done, just annoyed we couldn't do it."

"Ah," Shizuru nodded. That explained Haruka's general irritation.

Another young woman hurried in, "Haruka, you're going to be late..."

"Sorry, Yukino," Haruka smiled at the shorter girl with glasses.

"Miss Fujino, sorry for taking up your time," Haruka nodded as she went.

The two girls sort of instinctively grasped each other's hands. It was quite cute, especially Yukino's blush.

'I guess the rumours are true,' Shizuru noted, smiling.

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"Mai, stop brooding about that idiot. Dinner needs to be cooked," Natsuki said firmly.

Mai laughed, "You certainly are Miss Warm and Fuzzy, Natsuki."

Natsuki shrugged, making her annoyingly skimpy maid's uniform move in interesting ways. "Look," Natsuki sighed, "Tate was a dick, he got caught doing something dickish and that's it. It's not your fault."

"That's a pretty effective summary," Mai conceded.

"Do you need help getting dinner going," Natsuki volunteered.

Knowing how much Natsukji hated cooking, Mai was faintly touched by the offer. "Thanks, it's all right. Best get started on cleaning, Shizuru will be back soon."

"Ugh, don't remind me," Natsuke sighed.

Shizuru, interestingly, was nearly a half hour late, and looked visibly tired as she shuffled in.

"Here, let me," Natsuki helped her shrug out of the coat.

"That's more of a butler thing than a maid," Shizuru noted tiredly. She smiled as she added teasingly, "Though you WOULD look good in a suit."

"Shizuru," Natsuki growled.

Shizuru just chuckled softly, setting her briefcase down by the door.

"What held you up?" Natsuki asked as she picked up the briefcase and took it to Shizuru's office.

"Staff meeting," Shizuru sighed. "While I love teaching, the politics are murder..."

Natsuki set the case down by Shizuru's desk as the teacher wandered into the living room and collapsed in a chair. "Tea? Soda?" Natsuki suggested.

"Yea," Shizuru sighed. "please."

Natsuki returned in a few minutes with a piping hot cup of tea, prepared to Shizuru's tastes. "I can get some cookies from Mai's stash, if you like," she added as she set it down beside her.

"Oh, thank you," Shizuru smiled greatfully. She took a sip, "You don't have to wait on me, tho I do appreciate it."

"Finished my homework early," Natsuki noted. "Anyway, I should get back to it..."

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Shizuru watched admiringly as Natsuki's hips swayed at she left the room. The short skirt and black, lacy panties were a lovely combo...

Shaking herself, Shizuru took a sip of her tea. While ewatching Mai and Natsuki in skimpy maid outfits was fun, she WAS begining to wonder if she needed to get laid. It had been awhile.

Shizuru blinked thoughtfully as she remembered. 'Last summer? Seriously?'

To be continued...

Notes: Sorry on short chapter. Life is intruding on writing time more lately.

The Tate is a Creep bit started out as a jokey thing, then after some thought I realized he had actually broken the law. Oops. I had also read several news stories on athletic departments shielding star athletes from accusations of criminal activity, so I thought I'd work that in.

More lesbians! Unless I mentioned Haruka/Yukino earlier. So far, Mai is the only het female main character I'm featuring. Which may mean I need to bring Mikoto in to snog her... Ha!

Next chapter will probably be a flashback to Shizuru's summer fling. I need to figure out which existing Mai Hime character she may have slept with.