I'm back! Enjoy! Also, I think that this chapter is going to be a little sad.

Natsuki woke up in the middle of the night and half asleep, she dragged herself to the kitchen to grab a cup of water. When she came back, she was about go back to sleep when she noticed that Nat wasn't in the bed that they shared. Her eyes immediately snapped open and she looked frantically around for Nat. Her eyes instantly caught sight of said girl at the balcony, looking at the full moon. Her ears picked up on a familiar song. (Song: Canta Per Me by Yuki Kajiura)

Canta per me addio (Sing for me farewell)

Quel dolce suono (that sweet sound)

De' passati giorni (of past days)

Mi sempre rammenta (Always remember me)

Natsuki walked towards Nat as she started to sing.

La vita dell'amore (The life of the love)

Nat turned around while Natsuki continued.

Dilette del cor mio (beloved in my heart)

O felice, tu anima mia (Oh happy, you, my soul)

Canta addagio (Sing slowly)

"You remember that song, I see." Natsuki said, standing beside Nat and looking at the moon.

"Of course. How can I forget a song that both of us created?" Nat said, turning to look at the moon.

XXXX Flashback XXXX

Two little girls with cobalt blue hair sat in front of the television and watched in awe as the singers on stage sang various love songs.

"Hey, Nat!"

"Hmm?"

"Want to create a love song of our own?"

"Sure!" A few minutes later, Saeko walked into the living room and smiled when she saw her two oldest daughters writing something. Then, she went back into the kitchen to cook dinner.

"Natsuki, this isn't working out." Nat said with a frown.

"I know. This is difficult." Natsuki said with a similar frown.

"Hey, how about we use Catalan?" Nat suggested.

"Yeah! We have a Japanese-Catalan dictionary, right?"

"Let's go get it!"

Two hours later, Saeko went to call her four daughters for dinner. (Both Alyssas were not born yet and Nina Wang is 1 years old, making the other Nina, A.K.A Chun Mei, 4 years old. Both Natsukis are 5.)

"Mama! We created a song!" Natsuki exclaimed.

"Really? That's amazing!" Saeko smiled and pat both Natsukis' heads.

"Do you want to hear it?" Nat asked. Saeko nodded.

"I'd like to hear it, but I'm sure your younger sisters would love to hear it too."

"We can sing for all of you!"

"That'd be great." The two Natsukis sang and Saeko praised them.

XXXX End of Flashback XXXX

"Want to continue the whole song?"

"You bet." The two then started to sing.

Tempra la cetra e canta (Strengthen your lyre and sing)

Il inno di morte (the hymn of death)

A noi si schiude il ciel (The sky opens to use)

Volano al raggio (Fly to the ray)

La vita dell'amore (The life of the love)

Dilette del cor mio (beloved in my heart)

O felice, tu anima mia (Oh happy, you, my soul)

Canta addio (sing farewell)

La vita dell'amore (The life of my love)

O dilette del cor mio (Oh beloved in my heart)

The two continued to stare at the moon.

"I feel like a fool, believing that Shizuru will wait forever for me to love her and forgive my every action." Nat said.

"Just because you know she will wait for you forever, doesn't mean you can let her wait that long."

"I suppose you're right. You know, it sucks when the person whose attention is all you want in the world ignores you."

"I know. It's hard when you know you shouldn't hold on and yet you're too in love to let go."

"Do you know how right you are? I just can't let her go. I love Shizuru but I regret that I haven't told her yet." Natsuki stared at her twin, surprised.

"She's your girlfriend and you two are dating but you haven't told her that you love her yet?" Nat nodded.

"You know, Natsuki?"

"What?"

"Missing someone hurts. But what hurts even more is knowing that you're the reason they're gone. I didn't know that missing Shizuru could hurt so much." Tears threatened to spill from Nat's eyes.

"I know I experience it before. When an unknown entity petrified Shizuru." Natsuki said, tears streaming down her face at the sight of Nat in that state and at her memories.

"She was turned to stone?" Nat asked, turning towards her twin, who nodded.

"How did it feel like?" she asked.

"I felt so helpless without her. It made me realize how much Shizuru meant to me. She was my life. I couldn't do anything for her. It was my fault too. I was the one who sent her there to check the place. I was doing everything I could. I was alive but I was dead on the inside. It hurt so much that at one point I almost tried to commit suicide."

"What did you do?"

"I took a penknife. As I moved the penknife nearer and nearer to my wrist, my head was filled with thoughts of Shizuru and I thought 'Shizuru, wait for me. I'll be joining you soon.'. I didn't know what I was doing. All I could focus on was slitting my wrists, yes, both my wrists, with the penknife in my hands. After that, I don't remember anything. The next thing I knew, I was in the infirmary with Yohko looking at me worriedly. Then, I heard from Yohko that when she entered my office to give me whatever information she found out, she saw a lot of blood. My desk, my clothes and I were covered in blood and she freaked out at the sight. I had cut open one of my veins in my left hand and was pressing the penknife on my right wrists. She immediately took the penknife and threw it away from me. Then, she carried me and rushed to the infirmary to treat my wounds. She also said that I was awake and alive but I was in some kind of trance. My eyes were dull when she found me. Of course, the news made the whole school panic and when I woke up after that, Yohko said that all the students visited me and left some gifts. Miss Maria also gave me a scolding for my reckless actions. When Shizuru was turned back to human, Yohko told her what happened. She cried for days and scolded me. Heck, even Mai kept crying and scolding and Mikoto kept saying how I shouldn't worry the people who care for me. Man, in fact, the news was like told to everyone and they all came to cry or scold or nag. I was tempted to take a broom and use it to chase them away!" Nat chuckled a little.

"I feel like it is my fault that Shizuru got the wrong idea though. I should have told it to her. Really, what am I doing? I been thinking this for quite some time already but I kept denying it. Now, I'm very sure." Nat looked up and faced Natsuki.

"Natsuki, as I thought, I really miss Shizuru. I want to see her. I want to clear things up." She hugged Natsuki and cried. Natsuki put her hand behind Nat's head and hugged her back.

"I know. I felt the same before." She said. Poor thing. She must really miss her.

The next day, Nat and Natsuki looked like zombies. In the end, after I finished crying, it was already morning. How many hours did we sleep? We were awakened half an hour later and including the one hour we slept before, we only slept for one and a half hour! Nat thought as she stifled a yawn while she did paper work with Natsuki, who also stifled a yawn. A knock on the door woke them up a little, as they grant the person on the other side to enter. Ni, Na, Alys, Lyssa, Saeko and Duran entered.

"Nee-chan, are you ok? You look like you're about to die." Ni asked, worried.

"What? Nee-chan! Don't die! Don't leave Lyssa!" Lyssa ran to Nat and Natsuki. (Yes, from what I heard, Alyssa from Mai Otome can be pretty childish and dense/naive too. I mean, in this fic, she's only 5.) Nat and Natsuki smiled.

"We're not dying, Lyssa. We're just tired, that's all." Nat said.

"By the way, Na, have you checked the infirmary?" Natsuki asked.

"No, I forgot. I'm sorry. Why do you ask? And also, Miya said to let her have some time to think." Natsuki nodded.

"We'll get Arika, and then go to the infirmary." A meow made them look down. A black and rather fat cat was staring at them.

"Perfect timing. Mikoto, can you go and get Arika?" the cat nodded and ran off.

"We'll leave first." Saeko said. Natsuki and Nat nodded.

"Nee-chan, can we go out with Mi and Yu later?" Both Alyssa asked.

"Of course." They replied.

"I'll leave first, 'kay?" Ni said and left when her two older sisters nodded. Natsuki looked at Nat and remembered the events the night before. What Nat had said before they fell asleep was troubling her.

"Natsuki?"

"Hmm?"

"What do you do when the one who broke your heart is the only one who can fix it?"

"… I don't know."

"Natsuki? Natsuki?" Natsuki snapped out of her thoughts and looked at her twin.

"Yeah?"

"Are you ok? I've been calling you since just now."

"Yeah. Just thinking of something."

"Last night?"

"Yeah." They were interrupted by a knock. Arika entered after the two Gakuencho granted her permission.

"Gakuencho, what do you want me for?" Nat and Natsuki stood up and walked towards Arika with Na.

"Come with us." They walked to the infirmary and went towards one of the beds.

"Look behind the curtain." Arika and Na looked behind the curtain, just in time to see Erstin waking up.

"Ers!"

"Ers-chan!

"Nina-chan? Arika-chan? Why am I?" Erstin sat up and looked herself over before catching sight of Natsuki and Nat.

"Two Gakuenchos? What happened?"

"We found something that somehow brought you back to life."

"Thank you."

"It's ok. By the way, she's my twin and she is also Garderobe's second Gakuencho." Natsuki said.

"Nice to meet you, Gakuencho-san. I am Erstin Ho." Erstin bowed slightly.

"Nice to meet you too." Nat said.

"I'm sorry, Ers." Na said.

"No worries. Yohko-sensei said that I can have classes today!"

"that's great, Ers-chan!"

"Let's go." Na said.

"Hurry, or we'll get scolded."

"Coming." The trio then left for classes. Nat and Natsuki watched them leave before walking to the bed beside the bed that Erstin was in.

"You miss her, don't you?" Nat said to the unconscious person with her head, left hand and back, although hidden behind her clothes, bandaged.

"Maybe that's why you've been making mistakes and getting hurt." Natsuki said.

"I wonder what we can do for you. You can't go on like this or one day you'll make a fatal mistake."

Let's go back to the office. We still have work to do." Natsuki said. Nat only nodded her head in reply.

"Get well soon, Yohko. Irina and the other students are trying to fill in your place. I don't think Midori will want to see you like this too." Although unnoticed, Yohko's hand twitched a little at the name 'Midori'. At the office, they were sorting out the papers when an army of Slaves attacked. Natsuki, Shizuru, Arika and Na immediately went to battle but there were too many.

"Let's try this out." Nat said to Alys, Lyssa and Ni, pointing to her GEM. They nodded.

"MATERIALISE!" They shouted together. Nat's robe is the exact copy of Natsuki's, except it was missing the clip. Ni's robe was the same as Na's robe. Alys's and Lyssa's robe looked similar to the dress Alyssa wore in Mai HIME, only the black parts of the dress were gold instead and there are the normal gear-like thing on the robes. All of them joined into the fight and soon after that, the other Otomes joined in, including Aswad. Of course, after the battle, Nat and Natsuki had to explain everything to those who didn't know. As Midori was about to leave, something Natsuki said to her made her freeze in her tracks.

"Yohko's been pretty depressed lately. She can't concentrate on her work and make mistakes, sometimes getting injured as a result. Only yesterday, she wasn't looking at where she was going and her head knocked on a wall hard. To make things worse, when she got up, because of her injured head, she felt dizzy and knocked into a table, causing the test tube on it to fall and break. She went to clean it up but it only resulted in her left hand being cut. She soon collapsed due to her dizziness. We found her a few minutes later, lying on the shards of the broken test tube, blood oozing out from the cuts on her left hand, her back and her head."

"She's been unconscious since and is resting in the infirmary now. I think the reason she couldn't concentrate lately is because she's thinking of you." Nat added. Midori stood there, not moving, as if she was thinking.

"Leader? You coming?" Gal asked. Midori shook her head.

"You go first. I'll return a little later." Gal nodded and left. Midori turned to Nat and Natsuki.

"Where's the infirmary?" she asked.

"We'll lead you there on one condition." Midori frowned. Yohko's more important.

"What is it?"

"You answer our question honestly." Nat said.

"Shoot."

"Do you have any idea why she is acting this way recently?" Natsuki asked.

"I think so. It was around this time that year when she left us, when she left me." Midori said and the sorrow that was in her eyes did not go unnoticed by the two Gakuenchos, even if it was only for a split second.

"Can you bring me to the infirmary now?" Midori asked. The two Gakuenchos led Midori to the infirmary after nodding as a reply. At the infirmary, Nat and Natsuki decided that it will be best for them to leave Midori and the unconscious Yohko alone and left to continue their paperwork in the office. Midori sat beside Yohko and held her hand. Yohko… Why did you leave me? What did I do? Do you know how betrayed I felt when I heard that you were missing? I thought that you hated me for something that I'd done. What was on your mind when you left? Midori thought back on the times when they were living and playing happily in the Black Valley.

"Midori! Let's play!" an image of a younger Yohko with longer hair smiling widely and calling her flashed in her mind.

"Midori! Look at you!" She remembered Yohko's face when she found out that she had gone out to play and returned dirty and with countless scratches.

"Midori? Where are you?" That was when they were playing Hide-and-Seek. Midori was the hider and Yohko was the seeker.

"Midori! Hey!" She smiled a little as she remembered pranking Yohko and running away, laughing as a half angry and half happy Yohko chased her.

"Hey, Midori." Her smile faded. That was the day before Yohko disappeared. Yohko was talking to her and looked like she was about to say something more before shutting her mouth, choosing not to say whatever she'd wanted to say.

"No, never mind. Good night, Midori." She had asked Yohko what was wrong, and that was her reply.

"Let's go, Midori!"

"Midori! What are you waiting for?"

"Midori!" Yohko's voice echoed in her mind and before she knew it, tears were streaming down her face.

"Yohko!" She tried to suppress a sob but was unsuccessful as more tears flowed freely and more sobs escaped. She closed her eyes and cried like a child. A warm hand wiped away her tears.

"Midori…" Midori's eyes snapped open and she saw Yohko giving her a small tired smile as her other hand wiped her tears away.

"Don't cry… Why are you crying?"

"Yohko…" Midori's mind went blank. All she could focus on was the love of her life alive and awake.

"How are you feeling?" Midori changed the subject.

"Fine, although I'm a little tired. But don't change the subject. Why are you crying? I don't like it when you cry." Midori's heart skipped a beat. She looked away, trying to hide her blush.

"Well, I was thinking of the times when we were always having fun, playing with each other and also about the reason why you left." She turned to face Yohko and took a deep breath.

"Why did you leave that day? Is it something I did?" she blurted out. Yohko had a sad look on her face.

"No, it isn't something you did. Midori, do you remember Reito-san?"

"He's Rad now."

"I know, but he became Rad after he had to become a cyborg in order to survive because of the disease, right?" Midori nodded.

"The disease… when Reito-san got infected and became a cyborg, I was terrified. Terrified that you will get the disease and turn into a cyborg too."

"So… let me guess, you left because I started showing the symptoms?" Yohko nodded, sitting up with tears in her eyes.

"I couldn't bear the thought of you becoming a cyborg. It takes quite a long time until you will become a cyborg, so I decided to act fast and find a cure for it. That night, I was going to tell you my decisions, but I knew that you would stop me from leaving if you found out, so I left without telling anyone. I researched for a long time and joined Garderobe to further my research. That REM that you have, it was a result of my research. After knowing that it worked on you, I was overjoyed. Knowing that you won't become a cyborg took the load off my shoulders. I decided that I will stay in Garderobe to research more and find a complete cure for the disease."

"Why didn't you contact me?"

"I wanted to, but last I heard, you had made me your enemy, and after what I did, I couldn't bring myself to face you. I was scared that you hate me and refuse to confirm it" Yohko was crying silently while she explained everything to Midori, who just listened quietly. Suddenly, she wrapped her arms around Yohko.

"Thank you, Yohko. I didn't know I brought you this much sorrow. I'm sorry. If I knew, maybe I would have left to search for you."

"It's ok. You didn't expect that I would leave and anyway, you are the leader of Aswad. They need you. You're the only leader for them." Yohko said, wrapping her arms around Midori and returning the hug.

"I'll find a place for Aswad nearby and then visit you occasionally."

"That'll be great." Yohko said and blushed as she leaned towards Midori while Midori blushed too as she leaned towards Yohko. As the two shared their first kiss, the door that was slightly ajar clsed and the two Gakuenchos walked away, satisfied that they had given Midori and Yohko to make up with each other and happy that they did.

I have nothing to say. Although I felt sad when I wrote the part with Yohko and Midori.

Nat: Why do you look so scared?

Me: *Cowering in a corner* B-beca-

*Shizuru enters wearing her robe and holding her extendable naginata* Shizuru: Author-san, where are you? Oh, Nat, have you seen Author-san?

*Nat, about to nod head, looks at Author still hding giving her a big cross* Nat: Nope. *Shizuru leaves* *Author comes out of hiding* Me: Because of that.

Nat: Why's she angry?

Me: I think it's probably because she didn't get to spend time with her precious Natsuki. *Nat nods head*

Nat: Makes sense.

Shizuru: *Reappears with an angry Nao who are followed by few others* Author-san…

Together: WE'LL KILL YOU! *Author quickly runs for dear life.* GET BACK HERE!

Me: I can't! *Runs even faster*