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DISLAIMER: Mai-hime does not belong to me…but shiznat does…naw…kidding…it's impossible…EVERYTHING IM WRITING ABOUT BELONGS TO SUNRISE PEOPLE! Not everything…though

Now for the legends in the story:

**=thoughts of the character because I am using Microsoft word2007 and I don't know if my italic words will be saved in the same format (Now i know it DOES save in the same format BUT i still wanna keep it ^^)

the line that is grayish = after a period of time

---------- = something that is happening at the SAME time the next scene happens

CHAPTER 10-Internal Suspension

Natsuki woke up early that morning as she had slept in early and did not want Nao to prank some stupid jump start to your morning thing.

She looked around as she saw Nao sitting at the mini kitchen's table *Nao always woke up so early? I didn't know that*

"Hey pup, its friggin' 5:30 whatcha doing up so early".

"Well… it's called safety measures dumb ass if I wake up at 6:15 again you'll probably smash my head in with some stone and call it a morning jump start".

"Aww…well I wasn't thinking of smashing your head today, you see…I have this glue…it's a new brand…and I just wanna try how strong it is…on…your….hair"

Natsuki visibly turned pale at Nao's plan "WHAT? ARE YOU CRAZY?"

"I was just planning to put it on your fringe I mean…stop centre parting it already"

"I so do not!"

"Yes you do"

"NOT! And for gods sake…stop coming up with these crazy wake up ideas!"Natsuki said as she stomped off to the bathroom for her shower.

"Petty petty" Nao said in a sing song voice as she watched Natsuki slam the bathroom door.

Shizuru propped her self up from her bed with her elbows as she looked at her clock.

"Ara ara it's 6:20 already…looks like I've been sleeping in a little too much these days…"She said to herself as she walked to the bathroom.

"Hey, where are we supposed to go? For Internal suspension" Natsuki said as she trudged to school, her sneakers getting soaked by the puddles left over by the rain the night before.

"I don't know…we probably should just go to class first… I'm going somewhere else for awhile…don't wait for me" Nao said as she walked toward the direction of the 2nd year classrooms.

Natsuki saw no evil intent in Nao's actions and went to her classroom.

She sat down and waited for the lessons to begin.

Shizuru made her way to the council room and saw Nao sitting next to the door.

"Ara, I'm sorry if I was late, did you wait long?"Shizuru said as he took out the keys to open the council room.

"No I didn't" Nao stated matter of factly.

"Where's Natsu-Kruger-chan?"

Nao stared at the Kaicho with one of her eyebrows raised

"Um…she's probably in the classroom…I don't think she knows that Internal Suspension takes place in the council room". Nao said with a smirk.

"Ara, then lets go find her first, yes?" Shizuru said as she turned on the air con in the council room and signaled for Nao to follow her to the year one classrooms.

Natsuki nearly jaw dropped as she saw Shizuru and Nao stand at the classroom door.

"Oh, dear pup were you thinking of skipping Internal Suspension?"Nao said teasingly as she saw Natsuki go red with either anger or embarrassment…or maybe both.

Ms Farer eyed Natsuki accusingly as she signaled for Natsuki to follow Shizuru.

Natsuki heard a few girls swoon as they whispered about how lucky she was to have Shizuru as their care taker and they would be happy to get it all day just to sit in the council room with Shizuru.

Natsuki scowled when Shizuru smiled at the girls with her usual smile and turned her glare back to Nao as if to say: I'll kill you for this.

The girls smiled back in a la la land state of mind.

"Can we go now" Natsuki said as she walked out of the classroom still glaring at Nao.

"Of course we can Kruger-chan" Her formality made Natsuki flinch.

Shizuru led the way back to the council room and held the door open for the two girls before entering. She then went to one of the cardboards in the room on the right and took out a blue coloured jacket with yellow linings and the school badge on the top left and draped it over herself.

"Hey…don't we get one?!" Natsuki said as she admired the way Shizuru still seemed so calm and lady-like despite the blue jacket.

"That will be Natsuki's punishment for running away from Haruka-chan" Shizuru said, completely forgetting that Nao was in the room.

"WHAT?!? Was that decided by the council?!"

"No…but as long the president says so…it should be", Shizuru said as though she were having a normal conversation.

Nao eyed the both of them as she saw Shizuru pout when Natsuki shouted at her again. *I DID know that they knew each other…but they seem so…close…I've never seen the Kaicho so close with anybody other than that loud mouth Haruka woman when I was in school prep…maybe their like friends…since a long time ago or something…*

"Oi Nao! Quit you spacing out and help me against this idiot" Natsuki said as she pointed one finger accusingly at a still pouting Shizuru.

"Well…I thought the pup was stronger than that…who would know that she could blush, sream when she's shocked and is even afraid of the cold? I guess that bad ass look is just for show?"Nao teased as she took out a jacket from her own bag. She had prepared it since she roughly knew how cold the room was from yesterday's 'lecture'.

"Ara Nao is well prepared I see" Shizuru said as she turned back to Natsuki, her smile becoming a smirk as she saw the puppy look appearing on Natsuki's face as she looked at Nao warm herself in her own jacket.

Nao had not completely put on her jacket when Natsuki saw an opening and jumped for the jacket, immediately pulling it off Nao.

"HA! Nao sucks" She said as lifted the jacket high above Nao's head with a victory smile.

Nao on the other hand, seemed so calm it scared Natsuki.

*Shit…if she's this calm it means she has some evil plan going on…*Natsuki thought as she stared at Nao cautiously.

"Now now, pup…things might turn ugly if you don't give that back" Nao said in a calm tone as she smiled at Natsuki.

Natsuki, now looking a bit unsure stepped one step back as though she was cornered.

Shizuru watched Natsuki, her eyes beaming with delight and amusement as she held back the urge of wanting to hug Natsuki.

"Pup, we have the Kaicho here….and we are supposedly not allowed to talk…she's already giving us so much freedom…now…would you give me my sweater back? My ass is freezing off already". Nao said slowly, her smirk growing as she saw Natsuki stare at her like a cornered whining puppy.

"If you don't…then I'll add something to your un-bad ass side to the Kaicho…or maybe it is badass…just perverted". Nao said her smirk becoming an evil grin.

Shizuru blinked as she heard Nao's words…Natsuki is….had a perverted side?

Natsuki, realizing what it was just retaliated by shouting back "IT is SO NOT perverted…like hell it is!"

"Ok then….that means theres nothing wrong with telling others right?...okay …Kaicho…"Nao said pausing to look at Natsuki's reaction.

"F-fine! Your jacket back!" Natsuki said, finally admitting defeat.

"Too late Kruger" Nao said as she grabbed the jacket and continued, "Natsuki has a bizarre hobby of collecting lingerie!" she shouted as she wore her jacket back on in victory.

Natsuki had just jaw dropped as her face turned dark red, not knowing what to do, she had just stood there. Shizuru on the other hand stared at Natsuki in amusement and amazement her eyes glinting with surprise with and a……dreamy daze?

Nao, seeing the Kaicho's gaze on Natsuki and Natsuki's redness decided to continue, " AND…she has tons of em' she checked in an entire luggage of it…and I bet she has more back home…"

Natsuki felt faint as she leaned herself back onto the wall for support.

Shizuru leaned part of her weight onto the table she was standing beside as she felt her head becoming a little warmer. *Ara…I had better not be blushing…but Natsuki is just so…….and this isn't just cute for her it's…H-hot..* Shizuru thought as she tried to get a hold of her imaginations.

Nao just stared at Natsuki and the Kaicho as they both seemed to be in a shocked state…*W-wait…is the Kaicho…BLUSHING? HOLY SHIT! What with her and Natsuki?! The Kaicho NEVER blushes…..something si definitely wrong…was what Chie said true?*Nao thought as she saw a small tint of pink make it's way to Shizuru's cheeks…it wasn't very obvious, but obvious for that girl nonetheless.

*Ara…Shizuru….no perverted thoughts…when was the last time I felt this way anyway? Definitely not recently…* Shizuru thought as she forced herself to recover and take control of the situation.

"N-natsuki and Nao…you are having internal suspension, no talking will be allowed", Shizuru said as she signaled for them to follow her to the room on their left. The room had just one long table and a few chairs and it was warmer than the other rooms since no air con was installed there.

Shizuru took a seat on one of the chairs behind the table and turned on the laptop that she had brought in with her so she could do some work when she had nothing to do.

The other two girls had just complied and sat on the floor in front of the table with Natsuki glaring at Nao and Nao smirking back.

After awhile, they got bored of staring and turned to look in other directions of the room, calming down as they scanned the room's dim surroundings. The only light that was supplied any source of brightness was the one above them, the outer layer of the bulb was grayish in colour, causing the light which was projected to be grayish as well.

Shizuru had finished her daily assignment in a mere 10minutes since she had done most of it yesterday afternoon and was now searching through student profiles, stopping by one which wrote: Natsuki Kruger.

She opened the file and looked at Natsuki's past records.

*Ara…her family's company sounds familiar…If I remember correctly…dad's company has a lot of projects on going with them*

She scrolled down and saw the words: country of birth: Kyoto

*A-ara…N-natsuki is from Kyoto? Then why doesn't she have an accent…maybe because her parents are both from Tokyo…and she moved to America at the age of 8….that's young…*

Natsuki enjoyed the silence for quite awhile, it made her feel calm and orientated, especially since she was with that certain chestnut haired girl, it felt so familiar and gave her a sense of security.

Shizuru had felt the same about being with Natsuki but she did not dare to identify the feeling as she had rarely felt this for anyone..and it had tend to mean that she…loved the person…not even with her parents did she feel the same, they felt too distant…the last person she could remember which made her felt like that was…

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FLASHBACK-10years ago
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Two small girls were sitting in a room full of wolf soft toys and posters. The blue haired owner of the room had loved wolves since she saw a documentary about wolves when she was five.

Shizuru on the other hand, had loved snakes since the age of seven, it started when the blue haired girl beside her had asked her what animal she had liked. At first, she had said it just to scare Natsuki since snakes were deemed as a scary and horrible creature to many children but when Natsuki had just hugged her and told her she would loved any animal Shizuru liked, Shizuru had made it a point to find out more about them and soon developed it into an interest.

"Shizuru?" Natsuki asked as she lay beside the chestnut haired brunette who was lying on her biggest soft toy, one that was almost two times bigger than herself.

"Yes Nat-su-ki?"Shizuru said as she breathed in the scent of the room-*Natsuki's scent is so calming and wonderful….having her beside me seems to be all that I have ever wanted…*

"Y-you know…you told me you L-love me last year…as in…not…in the usual way?" Natsuki said, knowing what Shizuru had meant but had not dared to speak about this.

"Yes I did Natsuki" Shizuru whispered as she knew that the way she felt would probably be accepted by Natsuki now…but not in the future when she grew up to about her age or a little older.*These are the times I regret being a little more mature then others at my age* Shizuru let out a small child like sigh.

"S-shizuru? Are you okay?" Was Natsuki's concerned reply when she heard the other's sigh.

"Yes I am …did you have something to say?"Shizuru assured as she felt dread creeping to her as she knew that whatever Natsuki was gong to say, whether good or bad to her, would have a bad ending.

"S-shizuru….I-I did think about what you had said you know?...I…"-----

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Shizuru was woken from her daze when she heard Natsuki's voice call out her name.

"Shizuru?" Natsuki said in a low whisper as she looked at Shizuru with questioning eyes.

"Yes Natsuki?"

"N-nothing…you seemed to be in a daze….and you aren't like that so often…so I was just…um…making sure you weren't dying or something" Natsuki said, trying to cover up for how worried she was when Shizuru seemed dazed out.

"Ara where is Yuuki-san?" Shizuru asked when there was no sign of the red head anywhere.

"Y-you told her that she could go to the toilet when she asked…you forgot?...Are. you..really okay?"

"Yes Kruger-chan" Shizuru said with a smile.

"D-don't call me that…call me Natsuki" She said with her tone getting a little more serious.

Shizuru was shocked at Natsuki's sudden change of mood and gave her a small nod of agreement.

*W-what THE HECK WAS THAT?!? Natsuki? What the hell did you just say?....god…she has the right to call you whatever she wants!* Natsuki thought as she suddenly realized what she had said.

"U-um thanks", Natsuki said as she awkwardly sat up straighter.

"Natsuki doesn't have to sit up if she doesn't want to you know?"

"You mean I can lie down? But won't that be against the rules?"Natsuki asked, a bit unsure.

"Ara…if I don't say and Yuuki-san doesn't say then no one will know rules have been broken…and besides I myself have already allowed at least two rules to be broken".

"Like what?"

"Well…if Yuuki-san needed to go to the toilet…both of us had to make follow her there and make sure she doesn't take more than five minutes…and…I let you talk to her just now…plus….I'm talking to you right now…which is totally against the rules unless I am talking to you about something that is needed".

"Oh…can I ask something about something else?" Natsuki said as she sprawled up on the cold floor.*SHIT the air con from the other rooms are making this room colder by the second*

"Yes…go on" Shizuru assured as she noticed how cold Natsuki was.

"Why does this school have a council? And like hell…they act like a high school council".

"Ara…actually…the council was supposed to only be helping out the teachers with student's extra tuition and forms like warning letters and admission letters..but…over the years a few of the council presidents wanted to make the council less formal so that we were more approachable and so…disciplinary duties and a lot others came about".

"Then what about lecturing…I'm an adult now you know?" Natsuki said as she warmed her hands up by rubbing them together.

"That, is not something we do… but Haruka thinks that people deserve to be lectured no matter how old they are as it is human to err".

"Did you just convert her version into yours? Because that is SO NOT the way she talks".

"Ara ara…by just a bit…" Shizuru winked.

"Like real"

"Natsuki doesn't believe me?" Shizuru said as she pouted.

"The same trick doesn't work thrice woman" Natsuki said as she ran her hand through her hair.

"Natsuki thinks I'm tricking her?" Shizuru said in a betrayed tone, covering her face with her hands.

Natsuki knew Shizuru was just tricking her but her voice made Natsuki feel sad and angry at herself.

"Fine, fine…you weren't lying…"

Shizuru gave Natsuki a small grin…it had seemed like the usual one but this time it seemed…genuine?

"Natsuki obviously did not fall for it" Shizuru said with a pout.

"I really don't get you…you do stuff like that and say people don't fall for it but you're still happy…You're weird".

"I'm happy because Natsuki did not fall for it but still tried to pretend she did because she didn't want to see me sad" Shizuru said as she stood up and walked out of the room.

"Where ya' going?"

Shizuru did not reply but came it a few seconds later with a wind breaker.

"This might help a little, though not a lot…I'm the only one that keeps my jacket and windbreaker here…the rest of the council uses it everyday and so it's always in their possession".

"Oh…" Natsuki said as she admired the dark blue wind breaker. She flipped the wind breaker over and ran her hand over the words: Shizuru.F. They were exactly like the one on Shizuru's Jacket. just that there was the two words-Council President below them.

"Does Natsuki like it?" Shizuru said as she saw Natsuki hug herself after putting on the windbreaker.

"Mm" was all Natsuki said as she felt warm again.

"Then she can have it" Shizuru smiled and Natsuki grinned back like a kid as she took in a deep breath, taking in the scent of the wind breaker- Shizuru's scent.

Their gazes locked as they stared into each other's eyes. Both crimson and emerald seemingly very calm.

The sound of the door made Shizuru tear her gaze away and look toward the room entrance.

Nao walked in and sat back down as she stared at Natsuki curiously.

"What?" Natsuki spat as she stared back at Nao.

"Are you sure you are allowed to lie down? And I thought you weren't allowed a jacket?" Nao said as she read the words on Natsuki's back.

"Oh, She pitied me" Natsuki said as she turned her gaze back to the Shizuru, finding it harder and harder to look away every time she stared into crimson.

Nao just grunted when Shizuru had just gave her a smile in response.

The rest of the day passed rather uneventfully for Nao as she walked out of the council room with Natsuki tailing behind.

"We're lucky they had a council meeting and we could leave half an hour earlier, I was going to die of boredom in there" Nao wined.

"Yea…" Natsuki said in a far away voice as she hugged a cetain dark blue windbreaker closer to her and followed Nao down the hallways.

Natsuki sighed as the last of her guests left her room.

"Bye Natsuki, call me if you need therapy ok?" Mai jokingly said as she, Chie and Aoi sneaked down the staircase.

"Ok" Natsuki said restlessly as she lay down on her bed.

"You know…you should try to like…stop calling her pup…it's already been three days into school and you still need her like a mom" Nao commented as she turned of the lights with a yawn.

"Ya…I'll try to not call her tonight" Natsuki felt a need to think over some stuff that night and decided to not call Mai.

"I look forward to the stupid suspension thing again tomorrow" Nao said with sarcasm.

"Yea…me too" Natsuki said truthfully causing Nao to look in her direction she soon decided that Natsuki was also being sarcastic and left the thought alone.

"Night pup"

"Same to you" Natsuki said, not bothering to care about picking a fight with Nao over name calling.

Nao soon fell asleep and Natsuki was left alone with her own thoughts as she let her mind wonder.

*It felt so….it's as though I love her…it's crazy… she makes me feel so…ARGH! Stop thinking about it…she was just concerned about you and you were just thankful for god's sake…*

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*Shizuru….you musn't feel the same way to another girl again….you promised…everyone…and yourself…*

Shizuru tried to calm herself down from all the feelings she was going through at the moment.

*M-maybe it's just because she has the same name as…….N-no..what if it IS her?..I..Even if IT IS her…she will not accept your feelings…she's not that Naïve little child anymore….she's probably…straight..that must be why she left…but…she had only…..said that she….a few months before she left…no no…maybe it was just her dad's decision?...*

Shizuru felt a headache coming up and decided to not 'torture' herself with her thoughts anymore.

Opening her drawer she took out a few sleeping pills she ate when she had headaches and lay back on her bed as she stared up at the ceiling waiting for sleep to overcome her while thinking of only one person.

*Natsuki…*

*Shizuru…*

I'M going away for a 4day camp…hope this chapt. Doesn't suck…..

I wont be posting for around 5 days due to the camp….

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