A/N: weeh an uppie! this had been stuck to my documents folder for two weeks now and i just finished it last night... seriously, im having the deadly 'mental block' sickness again... hmm maybe i just need another jug full of coffee... (am really a coffee addict)...

so have anyone guessed how Natsuki and Shizuru related to each other? ehehe sadly a few hint will be in this chappie...

to my readers/ and fans... if i still have any... =_=" R&R please! onegai.. *puppy pout*

Chapter 9: Mommy?!

Arriving at the restaurant, Shizuru couldn't shake the feeling that she enjoyed the ride with the blunette. Even if the ride was rather dangerous considering how Natsuki had broken almost every street law there is and still avoided to be caught by the police. And she sure had the feeling of loving the hug-err-hold onto Natsuki to prevent from falling off the monstrous speedy vehicle.

"Here we are Viola-san." Natsuki said in a muffled tone. She flipped up her black tinted visor and looked at Shizuru behind her who was still clinging on her waist. A hidden smile graced her masked face and her emerald eyes eyed the brunette softly. 'Always the clingy one when it comes to this…' she said to herself. Seeing the brunette slowly remove herself from behind her, she felt missing the touch of the brunette. 'I guess the dream would end again.' She let out an imaginary sigh and felt her companion dismounted the bike.

The actress removed her helmet and shook her head to let her hair return to its normal, beautiful style. "That was new but kinda nostalgic." She said with a smile. She watched her biker as she dismounted the bike and remove the helmet which made the blue tresses to cascade down to the biker's waist. She eyed the blunette like a hungry cat looking at a delicious meal. Then it hit her. 'Ara, why am I staring at her? Wait am I admiring her? She does have a nice figure and she does look women check out other women … right?' she started to question herself, not realizing that she was till staring blankly at Natsuki and the blunette was staring back at her while waving back at her with the leather-covered hand.

"Viola-san? Viola-san? Oi! Kyoto-ben!" Natsuki said, trying to gain Shizuru's attention. She was waving her left hand and snapping her fingers to gain the brunette's attention but no avail. She cocked an eyebrow and observed the crimson-eyed actress. 'What's the matter with her? She looks like she's going to eat me or something… Do I have something in my face or body?' she questioned herself, touching her face and looking at her body for faults.

They stared at each other for a few minutes. Natsuki was thinking of why Shziuru was staring at her and she felt a blush coming onto her face while Shizuru was blankly staring while having a mental debate. Their staring was cut short by the loud howling ring in Natsuki's pocket. Both of them realized they're staring at each other and both blushed.

The cellphone continued its howling ring and Natsuki took it out from her pocket and looked at the caller i.d. she sighed when seeing the name on the screen and pushed the answer button.

"Natsuki here…" she said in a calm tone.

"Nat-kun!! I'll be coming to Kyoto for my tour. Will you accompany me please?" The caller said in a chirpy tone.

The caller's voice was cheery and that didn't go unheard by the actress. She didn't mean to eavesdrop but the caller's voice was practically audible to her. She felt a pang of hurt in her heart as she looked at Natsuki's expression. She couldn't pinpoint the exact emotions that her fiancée was displaying while talking to the caller.

Natsuki raised a brow and tightened her hold onto the mobile phone. She couldn't comprehend why the caller wanted her to be a chaperone. "Why me? You have bodyguards to follow you around wherever you want." she asked confusingly.

"Oh don't be such a grouch Nat-kun, I know you can't refuse me. Meet me at my hotel tomorrow and I'll personally reward you." The caller said in a more seductive voice.

'ara?! Did I hear that correctly?' Shizuru was surprise to hear such flirt towards Natsuki. 'Wait?! Why am I feeling agitated in what I heard? She's free to be flirted or flirt.'

Natsuki felt herself blushing at the caller's offer. She growled and held back a bark of an answer to the caller. "Fine! The reward better be good or I'll bite you to death." Natsuki said in annoyance. She didn't wait for the caller's answer as she pushed the 'end' button of her mobile phone. She looked at the brunette who was deep in thought. "Hey Viola-san, I think Nina would find it weird that neither of us are inside, eating."

Shizuru snapped back from her surprised look and regained her composure of façade smile. "Oh sorry about that Natsuki-han."

"Natsuki…" Natsuki said flatly.

"ara?"

"Just Natsuki. I'm beginning to be sick of hearing the honorific from you." She said plainly. She stuffed her hands at her pockets and started to pace her way towards the entrance of the restaurant, leaving the surprised Shizuru.

"Meanie…" Shizuru whispered unconsciously with a smile gracing her face.

Inside the restaurant, everyone was already there and had ordered the food from the busty chef. Natsuki sat beside her daughter while Shizuru sat beside her since it was the last unoccupied seat.

"Where was mama? And papa?" Nina asked with her left index finger over her lower lip and giving the brunette a sad puppy look.

Natsuki raised a slender brow and look at her supposed fiancée. She gently scrunched up her daughter's hair and laughed softly. "Aren't you curious today Nina."

Nina laughed as she felt ticklish at her papa's hair scrunching. She took her father's hands and removed them from her head. "Papa stop!" she said with a chuckle. But Natsuki found it cute and again started to scrunch up her daughter's hair.

"No I won't stop until I can hear you laughing loudly." Natsuki teased. She continued her assault on her daughter's hair while her daughter couldn't stop her.

"hahaha! S-stop pa-pa! Mama, pa-pa's hahaha, papa's playing with my hair!" Nina whined while laughing. She tried to get away from her papa's attack but again, no use.

"Ara~ if Natsuki won't stop tickling Nina, she won't have any dessert." Shizuru playfully threatened. She was looking at the two and she found it quite amusing to see them playing.

"Dessert? What would I do with dessert?" Natsuki inquired. She stopped for a second from scrunching her daughter's hair and looked at her fiancée. She saw her fiancée's mischievous smirk and somehow it reminded her of something. She blushed as she realizes what 'dessert' is. "V-Viola!"

Everyone laughed at how red Natsuki's face had turned into. They found it rather surprising that the blunette would actually blush.

"Say Natsuki, I think our little busty friend had found someone that appreciates her well develop part." Chie said with a smirk. She pointed Mai at the entrance to the kitchen with Mikoto clinging around her. The chef was talking to her cellphone and was changing the song of the stereo. The serene song had been replaced by a new one that Mai had chosen after she ended her call.

hitomi no oku tojikometeta

seizatachi ga odoridasu no

yume no KO-RU kono tsudzuki ni GOODLUCK

kizutsuku koto osorenaide

arinomama no jibun de ii mou daijoubu

furueru RIZUMU setsunai MELODY

kimi ga watashi no kono jikan wo

Ah honki ni saseru wa

The song made Natsuki cock a brow and look at Mai who was beaming grinning at her. 'What the hell? Why did she play that song?' she questioned herself. Beside her, Nina was tugging her papa's sleeves and pointing the speakers at the corner of the restaurant. "Ne, ne papa! That song!" she was practically jumping from her seat as she swayed her head to the beat of the music.

"Hey isn't that Seto's music?" the blond manager asked.

"Yep! 'Your Gravitaion', number one in the charts today. Sung by Seto and her partner, Luna." Aoi informed the blond. By the corner of her eye, she was looking at Natsuki who was rather confused to why the song was being played.

The song played and Nina sang along with it. It was clear to the child that she knows the song and Shizuru found this cute. "Nina seems to like this song." She said, looking amused at how Nina singing along the music.

Chie smirked and took out her cellphone to video Nina's enthusiastic actions. "Ofcourse she likes that song, it is Seto's music after all." Chie laughed and continued recording Nina's actions.

"Enough about this, let's just have lunch and ignore the music. Nina, eat your lunch." Natsuki said coldly. It was obvious that Natsuki was irritated and Shizuru could see it clearly and just let the blunette be until they finished eating.

In the middle of their meal, the howling ringtone rung and Natsuki immediately took out her phone and saw the same caller calling her. She sighed and answered the caller. "I told you yes already." She said without hearing why the caller called.

"Nat-kun I just remembered, I wanna talk to my little baby Nina. Is she with you?" The caller asked.

Natsuki shrugged and gave the phone to Nina. "Nina it's for you." She said in a bored manner.

Nina took the cellphone and placed it on to her ear. "Hello?" she asked childishly.

"Baby! Mommy missed you!" the caller sounded ecstatic and that didn't go unheard by everyone. Chie and Aoi recognized the voice and both giggled, Haruka and Yukino ignored it because they both think it's rude to eavesdrop while Shizuru, Shizuru has her eyes closed and calmly taking a sip of her tea.

"Mommy!" Nina replied to the caller with the same overjoyed tone. She gripped the phone tighter and looked at her papa. "Mommy! When are you gonna visit me? Last time you visit was three months ago." Nina asked the caller.

Natsuki cringed when she heard her daughter call the caller 'mommy' and Shizuru's calm composure staggered an she immediately looked at Nina who was happily talking to the caller. 'Mommy? So Nina still has her mommy? Wait… didn't Natsuki said... does Natsuki have…' the brunette turn her attention to the emerald-eyed blunette. She saw Natsuki's eyes show a bit of anger and panic, striking her senses as odd.

"Tell your papa that mommy would be at her hotel tomorrow at 12'o clock sharp alright baby?" the caller instructed Nina.

"Mn! I'll tell, wait…" Nina looked at Natsuki. "Papa, mommy said she'll be at the hotel tomorrow."

Natsuki nodded and took the phone from Nina. "You don't have to remind me." She said coldly to the caller.

"ohh Nat-kun's sounding rather pissed. Anyway, I already got the message from spider so I already know about your arrangements. But that doesn't mean I can't- beep-beep-" The line suddenly went dead with Natsuki closing her cellphone.

"tch annoying singer…" The blunette complained. She looked around and noticed that Haruka, Yukino and Shizuru were all eyes on her. "What? I'm not a freaking animal in a cage!" she roared at the people who were staring at her. Her glaring was put to a halt when small hands clamped around her balled up fist.

"By the looks of things I say you're in for a rough future Natsuki. Considering she called you and Nina." Chie grinned at the blunette. She knew by the look of Natsuki who called and hearing how Nina talked to the caller gave her the biggest hint. She winked at her fiancée, letting her know she figured it out. Natsuki inwardly growled and glared at the glasses wearing magazine president.

"Ara, might anyone fill me and my two companions in on your little conversation?" Shizuru couldn't help but ask as she was getting curious on the situation.

"the bubuzuke's right. Fell us what you're talking about." Haruka was looking at Natsuki and the others with a dumbfounded look. But her co-manager sighed and adjusted her glasses. "Haruka-chan it's 'tell'. And maybe we shouldn't interfere with their conversation." The mousy-haired manager corrected. And as reflex of the blond, Haruka roared a 'that's what I said' to Yukino and only earned the blond a defeated sigh from everyone.

Natsuki couldn't handle anymore annoyance from everyone as she decided to push herself up from her seat and took out her cellphone and dialled a few numbers. "hey kendo-guy, come at Mai's restaurant and bring the car to pick up my daughter and Shizuru." She said to the other line. She didn't wait for any response as she closed her phone and had put it back in her pocket. She turned around at her daughter and gave the child a warm smile.

"Nina, Takeda will come by and pick you up okay? You know I can't let you ride my bike with me." Natsuki said calmly. She scrunched up Nina's hair when her daughter nodded her head playfully. "Be sure not to annoy your mama okay?" She turned her attention to Chie and Aoi and made sure to give them a warning glare with a silent 'tell her and I'll hunt you down' with it. She bowed her head to show her respect to the brunette actress and her two mangers before she left the restaurant.

"That Kruger can be very scary sometimes." Haruka said as soon as Natsuki had left. All of them (minus Shizuru and Nina) had their breaths on hold while watching Natsuki go out. It seems to them that the blunette has a rather icy aura.

"Tell me about it. That Natsuki is known as the ice princess even when we were in college together with Mai, her cousin Nao, and Aoi here. Chie had sighed heavily and leaned her head at her wife's shoulder. She had known Natsuki since their colleges years since she, Aoi, Mai and Natsuki's cousin were all on the same university. "But then again, she does give a great deal in our business." She added.

Haruka looked at the couple and raised a brow. She then turns her attention at Yukino and pointed at the two magazine owners. "Yukino, what are the two gossip girls are saying?" she asked with her index finger pointing at Chie. When the mousy haired manager looked at her friend/co-manager, she sighed for the lack of other talent information that Haurka has.

"Kruger-san's had been the Otome Magazine's model when it comes to their technology issues." Yukino stated. She had received a jaw dropping reaction from the blond and a chuckle from the couple. "Didn't i show Haruka-chan a back issue of Otome Magazine a month ago about a genius scientist that..." her words were cut short when Chie had suddenly stood up from her seat, making the table shake a little that distracted everyone from listening to Yukino. "Ah! Gomen, gomen!" the glasses wearing Hallard said with a fake smile. She has her left hand at the back of her head, scratching her hair. It was clearly a sign of nervousness that Shizuru had easily read.

"Ara, it seems Hallard-san is rather jumpy." She said with a smirk etched on her face. The smirk caused Chie to nervously laughed and pull Aoi up aswell. The dark haired woman felt like a mouse infront of a hungry viper when she saw the actress' smirk. "A-ano, Aoi and me have a few meetings to attend to so umm, we have to go. Tomorrow again okay Viola-san." She said while practically pulling Aoi towards the restaurant door.

"Those two are so weird." Haruka commented.

"Not really, they're just trying to prevent any blood loss from you guys." It was Mai with Mikoto beside her that spoke. Apparently she had arrived at the table where Shizuru andthe others are eating after she finished with her job at the kitchen.

"Auntie Mai! Mommy called!" Nina said immediately as soon as she heard Mai's voice.

Mai looked at the child and smiled at her. "I know sweetie, she called me earlier, making reservations for your papa." She informed the child. She then turned her attention to Shizuru and her smile kinda turned into a nervous one. "Ano Viola-san… can we talk about Kanzaki-san later at home?" she asked the brunette.

"Ara? About Reito? Sure thing Tokiha-han." The actress flashed one of her façade smile on the chef.

Haruka's attention had focused on Mai when she heard Reito's name being said. Then she remembered she saw the raven haired actor outside the restaurant when she, Yukino and Nina had arrived at the restaurant. She could tell that the actor was not very pleased about something by the looks of Reito's knitted together brows.

That night, Natsuki was seated at the carpet with her laptop, looking at pictures of her teenage self wearing a hooded long sleeved shirt with a matching dark grey pants and a pair of sneakers. Beside her and hugging her waist was a teenage girl, wearing a fitted blue blouse with matching skinny jeans and open toed stilettos. The other teenager has a honey-coloured hair, a smile that shows complete happiness and a pair of calm blood-red eyes.

"Kyoto-ben..." Natsuki whispered as she unconsciously traced her left gloved covered hand to the screen of her laptop. She closed the picture viewer and closed the password protected folder of her private files. Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes and leaned back at the sofa.

'You! Even if you are entitled to bear the name heir of Kenji, I will not tolerate you having any romantic relationship with my granddaughter!'

'The hell?! Are you afraid that your so called empire will go down if the press finds out that your grand daughter is inlove with a girl?!'

'It's immoral to have that kind of relationship child! It's not right! Now get out of my estate at once!'

'tch! One day old man! One day you'll regret everything you see as right! I love that girl and nobody, and I mean nobody will ever make that change! Not my dad, mother and definitely not YOU! '

Natsuki's brow twitched as she recalled the booming voice of the man that took the most precious memory of her life. She opened her eyes and felt a tear dropped from the corner of her eye. She sarcastically giggled and wiped away the tear. "memories… eight years ago Kyoto-ben… if she's still the same as before, what would she say to me once she found out that I'm keeping all the secrets to myself." She whispered as she stared at her left hand.

"Natsuki! Dinner's ready! C'mon!" Mai's voice echoed from the kitchen.

"Coming!" the blunette replied as she stood up and went to the kitchen where Nina, Mai and Shizuru were waiting for her. She took her seat between Shizuru and Nina and she was greeted by the sweet smiles of the two. She gave Nina a pat in the head and replied Shizuru a small smile aswell.

Mai cleared her throat to get everyone's attention and she turned her attention to Shizuru who was calmly drinking her tea. She took a big sigh as she readied herself in asking Shizuru about Reito. "Ano Viola-san, about Kanzaki-san..." she said as she felt nervous about asking her question to none other than Reito's girlfriend. Hearing Reito's name being said, Natsuki raised a brow and gave Mai a questioning look.

"Ara, what is it that Tokiha-san want's to know about Reito?" the Kyoto actress asked, still a smile plastered at her face.

"it's umm about her little sister actually. I think he's not comfortable with Mikoto working at my restaurant. Mikoto doesn't want to quit when i asked her but the problem is Kanzaki-san. Can you ask him to let Mikoto decided on things and not to dictate her life by her brother?" Mai asked, her face was filled with concern about the cat-like waitress.

'Mai... are you...' Natsuki analyzed Mai's expression and it's clear to her that the chef has some kind of feelings towards mikoto. Shizuru on the otherhand understood what Mai was trying to ask of her. Even if she thinks she's straight, she accepts same sex relationship. "If Tokiha-han wanted me to ask Reito to accept Mikoto's love for you, then that could be arranged." She said with a calm tone.

"Mai, that girl is still..." Natsuki's words were cut off when she saw Mai's serious expression. She gave up on her attempt to argue with her busty friend and decided to just continue eating.

Next chappie: the star and Sun

omake~

Zaki: *deleting another page full failed updates* Gah! i'm getting a headache here! and it's fricking Hot! i want some ice cream.... _ coffee flavor..

Natsuki: *bored glare* atleast you want to have a normal flavor ice cream... *shoots a death glare over shizuru*

Zaki: What do you mean? *looks at Shizuru beside Natsuki, eating ice cream* OOH! ice cream! can i have some?!

Shizuru: *held the mug full of ice cream tighter, grim smile* ara... Zaki-kun wants MY ice cream?MY TEA FLAVORED ICE CREAM?

Zaki: err... ye-*looks at Natsuki who's drawing an invisible line over her neck*-NO! Oh look a mudpie blizzard! can i have some?! *runs off to the girl carrying mudpie blizzard*

Natsuki: Seriousy, how many ice cream flavor are there? (i hope there's mayo flavor.. mmmh!)

Zaki: *echoing in the halls* Hey can i have some of your ice cream?! please? i'll do anything to have some! ouch! you could've said no and not step on my foot!

Natsuki: *sweatdrop* seriously, what's up with ice cream today