A/N: I'll keep it short today. The one day i have time to write im not in the mood for it, but since i needed to progresst he story i did. Unfortunatly as i warned, to progress i needed to right from Mai's POV which i feeli suck at and hate doing personally so unfortunatly no shiznat today in this one but info is supplied.

Sorry no review responses again guys. I am sure i will do it again soon. But i would like to say THANK YOU to all my readers. Especially those who reveiw, favorite, and alert my story. The last two are just as great as reveiwing and greatly appreciated. I am truly thankful for you guys who read this story and stick with it since i am kind of a new author here. I dont want anyone to feel obligated to review or anything but i just want to give a big THANK YOU to all those who do any of the above 3 things mentioned. Oh, and negative reviews are welcome and in some cases appreciated, someone got me on my horrible german last chapter (which is not corrected) and i expect all of you to do the same if you come across things like that. exxcept on this chapter because im sure its bad.

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Sighing Mai leaned her head against the bus window. It was the late afternoon and she was barely getting off of work. Normally she would be on her way home right now but she had a certain stop to make.


It had been more than three weeks since Natsuki had broken ties with her and she had barely seen her ex friend at all except for a few passing glimpses. The one time she tried to talk to Natsuki again, the girl just radiated pure anger, forming a barrier between Mai and her.

Nonetheless Mai's caring attitude kept her going, in her search for the cause of the blue haired girl's change. The next day she decided to talk to the one person who would know about anything that happened to Natsuki. Shizuru.

The next day after school she went straight to the student council room. As she rounded the corner into the hallway she heard loud yelling coming from the room.

"What the hell does that woman think she is?" came Haruka's angry voice.

"Who…" came a quiet correction from Yukino.

"Shizuru that's who! Haven't you been paying attention Yukino?"

By this time Mai was standing outside the door and she heard Yukino sigh.

"Maybe we should get to the business at hand rather than worrying about "What" the former Kaichou thinks she is." Came Reito's calm voice.

Mai stopped at this. What? Former Kaichou? What happened to Fujino-sama?

"Well how can we when that woman just goes and lifts off without saying a word to anyone?" Haruka yelled.

"Goes off…"

"That's what I said Yukino!"

Curiosity overcoming her Mai quietly opened the door to peer into the room. Haruka was busy pacing back and forth down the length of the room, while Yukino was sitting quietly in a chair in the corner. Reito was calmly sitting in Shizuru's chair behind her desk. Where is Fujino-sama?

It was then that Reito spotted her in the doorway and called out to her. "Oh, hello Tokiha-san. Why don't you come in here?"

Mai squeaked at hearing her name. Blushing slightly she opened the door all the way and entered the room. "Uh…I was…I was just looking for the Kaichou…"

Reito smiled at Mai before answering. "Oh she isn-"

"She isn't here right now! That woman went and left the school without wording a thing to anyone!" Haruka interrupted.

"Saying…" Yukino said quietly in the corner.

Clearing his throat slightly Reito eyed Haruka before starting again. "What Haruka means to say, is that Shizuru no longer attends this school."

"What!?" Mai blurted out without thinking. Blushing she covered her mouth as if to keep more words in.

Reito slowly stood and made his way towards Mai, placing his hand on her shoulder he looked down at her, "Why don't you come with me for a moment?"

"What!" Haruka cried. "We have work to take care of here!"

Reito looked over to Haruka and smiled. "I am confidant that I can leave everything in your capable hands. Now shall we?" he finished lifting his other arm to direct Mai into the hallway.

Without thinking Mai allowed herself to be guided into the hallway, not hearing Haruka complaining behind. Reito closed the door than turned to Mai. "I assume this has something to do with Natsuki?"

Snapping out of her daze Mai stared at Reito for a minute before answering. "Ye..Yes. How did you know?"

"I guess I should have known something would happened when Shizuru told me that she would be leaving. I really thought she would tell Natsuki but I guess she went through with her plan." Reito's arms were crossed, his chin resting on a fist in a thinking posture.

Mai just stared at him not really understanding what he meant. What? She just left somewhere without telling Natsuki anything? Of course that's why Natsuki is so angry.

Noticing Mai's blank stare Reito lifted his head up slightly. "You see, Shizuru was offered a scholarship at a university. Since her grades were flawless her entire high school career, they said she could start immediately if her school would allow it. A few quick discussions later she was allowed to go. For what ever reason though she wanted to keep her leaving very quiet. I suppose it had something to do with her fan-girls but she was adamant about not letting Natsuki know that she was leaving. In fact the only reason she let me know is because I would have to take her position when she left."

Mai was stunned by this. Why would she not want Natsuki to know? Unless.. "Kanzaki-san, do you know where she is now?"

"Yes, but as I said before she doesn't want anyone to know."

"Please!" Mai pleaded. "You have to tell me, Natsuki is out getting hurt doing god knows what and it's all because of Shizuru leaving!"

Sighing Reito looked at her again. "And you think knowing where Shizuru is will help her? I am sure Natsuki knows where Shizuru is."

"How could you know?"

"Because she came and threatened to put me in a hospital if I didn't tell her where Shizuru went."

Mai was speechless. Then what… Natsuki would have gone to… What could have happened?

"Would you still like to know where she is?"

Reito's voiced once again snapped Mai out of her thoughts. He was looking into her eyes, a thoughtful expression on his face. "Yes, please. I need to talk to her."

"I don't know if it will help Kuga-san but here you go." He said handing her a piece of paper.

"It has Shizuru's address on it." He said seeing her puzzled expression. "I don't know if it will help Kuga-san but I am sure Shizuru is in bad shape at the moment as well."

"Wha-"

"I need to go now Tokiha-san. Please feel free to stop by any time you wish." Turning around he went back into the classroom leaving a speechless Mai behind.


Unfortunately life and many other things had gotten in her way of visiting Shizuru. Mai had been trying to find the right time to talk to Natsuki about Shizuru but the other girl had become very good at avoiding her and the few times Mai was lucky enough to see her, the other girl was protected by her impenetrable wall of anger. By this point Mai was certain that the cause of the change in her friend was Shizuru, it was the only thing that had ever effected the other girl like this.

School work had also been piling up for her as the year was coming to a close. That her job, and a certain middle schooler who couldn't go an hour without Mai cooking something for her occupied most of her time, making this trip extremely difficult to find time for.

Sorry Mikoto I'm going to be late today. Mai was picturing Mikoto passed out in the middle of the floor of their dorm when the bus came to a stop. Looking up she noticed that this was her stop and quickly hopped off the bus. She looked down at the piece of paper Reito had given her and began to look for the address.


mini feed:

-nao and natsuki stare as mikoto continues poking without stopping squall-

-squall is currently curled in a ball backing back and forth-

Nao: how long has it been?

Natsuki: well, mikoto has been poking for like hmm 5hours

Nao: -sweatdrop- emo again?

Natsuki: -shakes head- nope, whining over having to write about mai

Mai: HEY! IAM NOT THAT BAD!

ssjx7squall: -mumbles- yes you are...

-everyone sweatdrops-

shizuru: -appears of nowhere and embraces squall- oh squal -sing song voice-

ssjx7squall: what?

shizuru: -whispers- if you want to whine or be emo, do it as you please however improve my relationship with natsuki first or else...

-ssjx7quall at 12:15 had a heart attack, time of dead: 12:30-

natsuki: SHIZURU YOU KILLED THE AUTHOR!

shizuru: but i can revive too -smirks- kiyohime...

-ssjx7squall heart starts beating irregularly but is alive at 12:35-

ssjx7squall: i think im going to write something -goes to room and puts a sign of 'YOU ARE DEAD IF YOU DARE DISTURB ME!'

natsuki: -sweatdrop- sometimes i wonder what makes me love you so much...

shiznats fan: HER HOT TEASE AND LOOK! THOSE DAMN RED EYES! THAT DAMN SMILE!

THANK YOU Raine you own on minifeeds since i am humor retarded.

A/N: Thanx again Rainee for the minfeeds. Yes i know its a bad chapter the worst so far, in fact i know how bad it is so dont send bad reviews on this one lol. This was another chapter i wrote to get it out of the way so it of course sucked. The next chapter WILL have shiznat but without them being together, thats still gonna be a while sorry and i am still trying to figure out how i am going to do half of it. the only thing i have left to say is all you authors i have alerted stories on better damn well hurry up with their updates lol lates for now guys sorry fort he crappy chapter.

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