Chapter X
"Shit," Nao cursed struggling to finish up her essay. "You've been saying it quite a few times in the pass half hour already," Yukino said softly as she finished up her second essay. "Oh come on," Nao whined. "You're the one that wanted to take that class," Yukino said with a raised brow looking over at her friend. "Fine!" Nao grumbled. "Stupid friend…" she murmured cursing quietly as she tried her best to focus on her essay. "I'm sure you wouldn't want to be just like your cousin now would you?" Yukino asked knowing how to press the girl's button. "Damn dog, stupid cousin…" she cursed yet again looking more determined than before in doing her homework.
It's two and half years already, yet Nao still haven't been able to trace her friend's supposedly dead fiancé whereabouts at all. Every leads she found turned into a dead end, one she managed to hack into left her confused and she didn't brought it up to Yukino. The fact that Mikoto's name was wiped from the government's databank, and the one she found in a secretly private hospital didn't help much as it only got her name with just a letter 'M' and nothing else to it. The last known location of the patient was in a recovery room, and was reported missing since this very Tuesday evening five months ago.
"Anyway, I'm heading to Tokyo next week with my mom to pay a visit to her boss." Nao said after they finished up their homework (finally). "Try not break to many hearts while you're there okay?" Yukino said knowing how flirty Nao is. "Yes mom," Nao snorted as she fell on her back and closed her eyes. "You're really sounding like my mother, when she comes back…" Nao paused looking over at Yukino sitting next to her. "You two should get married and have a baby, you know using IVF or adopt." Nao laughed unable to keep a straight face saying it. "Very funny, it would only happen if you ever settle down." Yukino mocked her friend with a glare accompanying her words.
Of course she hoped that Mikoto would pop up one day with a smile on her face and a handful of flowers in her hand, apologizing for being away so long. They would hug each other and catch up on lost time, and then they would get married and run the company together like Mikoto's family had wanted them to. Maybe have a kid of their own or just adopt, Yukino isn't picky as she'll go with whatever the feral wanted.
Mentioning about Nao's cousin, Natsuki finally got a role in an action movie that's shooting in Tokyo about a day ago. Going to Tokyo with her mother to visit the boss was only part of it; the other part was to see Natsuki playing her role in the shoots for Last Run. The title seemed a bit weird, though no one really sure about the plot but it caused big hype since its base on a best selling action-packed novel. Nao isn't curious enough to buy the damn book and read up on it, there's just too much going for her to have the time to sit down and read a book when she could flirt, study, hack, taking pictures, and finished up her homework that seemed to keep on piling up on her.
By the time Nao went to Tokyo with her mother, things turned quite funny as her mother took her to the shooting of the movie instead of visiting her boss. There were so many people, among them was a girl with wheat hair, blood red eyes, and always had a polite smile on her face. There's just something about that girl that Nao found to be uncomfortable when introduced that she was the daughter of her mother's boss.
"Ara, ara… Yuuki-han, I'm sorry that my mother was away on a business trip and will not be back until tonight. I'm currently watching over the production as Greer-han had a meeting with the CEO," Fujino Shizuru said politely with a notebook in her hands as she was finishing up her homework just moments before Nao and her mother arrived. "Shizuru-chan, you're always too polite. How are your mother and him getting along?" Yuuki Sayako asked the Tokyo U student with a broad smile. "Quite good, he have been keeping his distant a bit since Mikoto-han put him his place along with his trophy wife," Shizuru giggled and Sayako couldn't help but laughed at the news.
"Wait, you mean Mikoto? Is her last name Minagi?" Nao interrupted the two women. "Ara, why yes. Do you by any chance know her?" Shizuru asked masking her surprise well. "Yeah, she's the daughter of Minagi Miki, this company's CEO." Nao said nonchalantly. "Ara, I didn't know she come from such background," Shizuru said looking genuinely surprised this time. "How do you meet her to not know who she is?" Nao asked with a raised brow. "Underground arena, my father went there and I had no choice but to go with him." Shizuru shrugged. "She doesn't remember anything saves for her name, but I think it's from the ID card she carried with her." Shizuru said in a very serious tone.
"Mom, you mind I talk to her in private for a bit?" Nao said looking over at her mother. "Sure honey," Sayako nodded her head. "Thanks," Nao grinned pulling Shizuru away before the older girl could even protest.
"There's nothing between you two is there?" Nao asked once they're out of her mother's earshot. "Whatever do you mean?" Shizuru played dumb. "Drop the acting, she's engaged so just because she lost her memory doesn't mean its okay for you to start a relationship with her." Nao snapped at Shizuru. "Even if she is, I don't think it's any of your concern unless you're engaged to her." Shizuru provoked the red head on purpose. "Look, she's engage to my good friend since they're really young and she was supposed to be graduating from military school two years ago. Some fuckers got jealous and set her up to die on her final exam, instead of being dead she lost all of her memories. I'm intending on finding out who they are and make them pay for putting my friend through hell because Mikoto haven't come back since she left two and half years ago. If you have any conscience at all, you won't trample on someone else pain. I'm not forgiving anyone for hurting my friend," Nao warned Shizuru with sharp and stern forest eyes.
"She's pretty dangerous for someone with no memories, I'm curious as to how much more dangerous she is having all of her memories back." Shizuru mused. "What are you blabbering about woman?" Nao asked glaring at Shizuru. "Nothing, I'll help you get her memories back. I can't stand it when people going so low as to do such thing as kill another person," Shizuru said with a hint of anger hidden in her calming voice. "Now if only you could keep my cousin from being so damn annoying would be much better," Nao murmured. "Ara, who might your cousin be?" Shizuru looked at Nao with a quirked brow. "Her," Nao pointed to Kuga Natsuki running her way.
"Hey spider, didn't you hear me calling?" Natsuki said as she stopped in front of Nao and Shizuru. "Only deaf people can't hear you, stupid dog." Nao grated as her left eye twitches at the sight of her cousin. "Whatever, where's your friend?" Natsuki asked looking around for any signs of Yukino. "She's working," Nao said feeling the urge to smack her cousin badly. "Oh yeah, this is Fujino Shizuru…" Nao trailed off when she saw her cousin gawking at the other girl looking like she's about to drool.
A/N: Ahh.. so I make Natsuki being the one drooling over the sexy Shizuru for once instead of the other way around. Don't worry, Nao will find her someone soon, or something like that. =p