NEVER WINTER NIGHTS

Hey!! Haha I'm back minna! Yes...sorry that took a while because I had a lot of work and studying to do...even though I'll supposed to study for an exam now but then I thought about my readers who were stuck in a world full of curiosity and anxiety about what was going to happen to the two main characters in the story. Well, I decided that you guys are more important ^__^ so then I was going to finish this chapter before going to start my studying!! Haha you guys are really important to me because you are what keeps me motivated to write each chapter with pride! Arigato!!



"Yes, child. It is sad. He has suffered so many wounds...however...it is up to you to heal them all...bless you dear child, and good luck!" and with that, the voice faded into the darkness of the night.

'Poor master...' Mitsukai thought, glancing back over to the balcony from where he stood. Those crimson eyes seemed so sad and lonely. 'I will do whatever it takes to break down that sheet of ice around his heart!' Mitsukai silently vowed to herself.


BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIER...

The sleeping beauty woke up to a dull cloudy grey morning of another day in January. 'Hmm...' she thought, 'the day needs some major makeover...hehe...oh well...better get up...' And with that, she got up and walked gracefully over to the bathroom, checking her wounds.

"Ow..." she complained, as she poked her cheek gently with her finger.

She then pulled out some bandages from the drawer, and patched it onto her gashes painfully. 'There...' she thought, 'I look pretty normal now...I guess...' she then brushed her teeth, and walked back out of the bathroom to change into a new robe. She then brushed her hair and opened the door to the hallway. Quickly, she skipped around the hallways until she reached the main lobby. BIG MISTAKE. In the middle of the main lobby, stood Fubuki and a...rose?!?! Mitsukai was planning to walk around him at the back, but it was too late...he spotted her, and started to walk slowly to her.

"Umm...good...morning...master..." Mitsukai said slowly, shuffling her feet.

"...sorry!" he blurted out after a while, thrusting the rose into her hands, "that's for you, good day..."

And with that, he leaped away, leaving behind a surprised girl. 'A rose...' she thought, smiling to herself, 'how...rare of him...' she kept smiling, holding the rose close to herself, as she walked towards the kitchen.

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'Now that wasn't so hard, was it?' the voice asked playfully.

"Hard?! I almost died from keeping up my pride!!" Fubuki muttered.

'When will you ever learn? Your stupid pride is keeping you form your happiness...not to mention your stubbornness too...' the voice retorted.

"Shut up...I do not need you to compensate my pride with your stupidity!" he growled back.

'Sigh...whatever...you'll see the truth one day...' the voice then said tiredly, and faded away.

* * *

"Good morning, Mitsukai!! Have you slept well?" Sekkei greeted Mitsukai warmly, guiding her arm to the dining room.

"Umm...fine...uh...I think I should be cooking now..." she mumbled, trying to pull away but his grip was too strong.

"No need, my dear...I told the cooks that they will be cooking without you this morning." He said, offering her a seat at the table.

"Uh...you do realize that I AM a cook too...and that I shouldn't eat at this table with you...because I have a lower social status..." Mitsukai said with boredom.

"Haha!! Anyone who I wish to eat with, can eat with me anytime!" he chuckled.

"If I had heard correctly, you said anytime...which means that if I don't choose to eat with you now, I can choose another time to have lunch with you maybe?" she suggested cockily.

"Heh. I doubt that I will let you out of here without eating a bite..." he said seductively.

"Then eating a bite of food I will do..." she stated flatly, and popped a strawberry into her mouth, "there, I'm done. Good day, Sekkei." She got up to move out of the room.

"Oh, no, no...not so fast my dear...how about for a little...dessert?" he was up and at the door before Mitsukai was, due to his inhuman capabilities, "you wouldn't like to skip breakfast without a...dessert, would you?" he then drew her near, licking her ear as he did so.

She froze. What should she do now? Slap him? Yell for help? Push him away? What would HE do in return? Slap her? Kill her? Or even worse...rape her? Mitsukai shuddered at that thought, and stiffened as Sekkei's hands began to wander over her body.

"My," he said in s husk whisper, as his hands wandered lower, "why so tense, Mitsukai? It's just me...you can relax...I can take you to a higher place...if you would let me..."

"I...oh...my...Sekkei...I don't think that w-we...sh-should...do...this..." she whimpered, feeling drowsy.

"Why not..." he murmured, moving his lips up her neck, "Mitsukai...let me show you..." with that, he sealed her lips with his own, as his hands began to unbutton the robe.

"!!!!" Mitsukai widened her eyes in shock, 'how dare that bastard touch me!!' she raged. She then bit down hard on his lip, drawing blood.

"Feisty...are we?" he said, as he licked his bottom lip, and bent down to bite her lip, "but I think that you taste better..." he purred, licking up the pooling blood on her lips.

"G-go...away!!" she yelped, as she pushed him off her, and reached behind him to fumble with the doorknob.

She flung the door open, to find Fubuki standing her with a somewhat surprised expression on his face. He raised an eyebrow, and looked down at her bleeding lip and half torn robe. Mitsukai then broke down into sobs, as she ran past him onto the dormitories. Fubuki stepped into the room, and found his brother picking himself up from the floor with a bleeding lip.

"Bastard!" he said dangerously, holding up his brother by his clothes, "what the hell did you do to her dammit? Answer me!!"

"Heh. I was merely...demonstrating...about how the ways I can pleasure her...if she hadn't pushed away from my enchantment...I would've succeeded in...making her mine..." Sekkei chuckled darkly.

"You bastard!! What other sick plans do you have for her?! I swear!! If you EVER touch her again I'll-"

"-you'll what, brother? Oh...a little JEALOUS now...are we? Heh. I expected this...little jealous Fubuki...always a loser...seeming that you didn't make the first move with her, I decided that I could take her...such a beautiful little thing to waste..." he smirked.

"Shut up!! Just don't EVER go near her, or touch her again!!" he snarled, and punched his older brother in the jaw.

Letting go of his clothing, he turned back, and walked out of the room rather angrily. 'Dammit...' he thought, 'I wonder how far he got with her?' Subconsciously, his feet began to lead him to Mitsukai's room, where the sounds of crying could be made out. He knocked on the door once, waiting for her to open it. The door slowly opened.

"M-master?" she asked softly, avoiding eye contact with him.

"Are...you...okay?" he asked grudgingly, showing a bit of concern.

"I..I am now...thank you...for...the rose..." she whispered, blushing prettily.

"Wasn't a problem..." he replied, eyeing the rose on the vase that was standing on the table beside her bed.

"Would you...like to...c-come in?" Mitsukai asked timidly, opening the door wider.

"...I...suppose..." he said awkwardly, and walked in.

He looked around the room. It was nothing like his. His room looked very majestic and powerful while her room was simply, clean, tidy, and purely white.

"Your room is very clean..." he simply said, hitting himself mentally for saying such a stupid thing.

To Mitsukai, it was the best compliment she had ever received from her master. She smiled at him and nodded.

"I like to keep it clean." She replied.

"I see..." he said then, "listen...about yesterday...I didn't...mean to...lash...out at you...like that...sometimes...the subject of my arrogant bastard brother...tends to...anger me..."

"That's alright..." she nodded, "I accept your apology, but may I ask why...do you tend to...get angry at the simple thought of him?"

"...that isn't really...any...of your business..." he then muttered, turning back to his cold self again.

"Why?" she cocked her head and looked up at him cutely.

"Dammit woman...don't look at me...like that..." he said tightly, closing his eyes.

"Oh...sorry...does it get on your nerves?" she dropped her gaze to the butterfly resting on the window sill near the balcony.

"No...in fact...you look..." he started, then stiffened, realizing that he shouldn't have said anything at all.

"I look what, master?" she inquired.

"You look...you look..." he stuttered.

"I look...bad?" she whispered, looking away.

"..." he didn't reply...what was he supposed to say?

"I get it!! You don't have to tell me that!!" she said edgily, crossing her arms, as she walked away from him to the door, "I'm going for a walk."

"Wait!" he said urgently, "you...uh...don't look bad...just...umm..." he trailed off, thinking of a word to describe how pretty she looked without making her think that he was onto her or something.

"I look...?" she sighed and waited for his answer, as he came near to her and the door that stood ajar.

"You look...you look..."he had a difficult time with his words.

"I look what, master?" she waited patiently.

"Dammit!!! You look beautiful!!!!!!"



HAHA CLIFFHANGER!! *scary music* dun, dun, DUN!! HAHA looks like that Mitsukai is breaking down that barrier to Fubuki's heart!! HAHA YAY!!! ^___^ I'm so happy!! Anyway I better start studying for my exam now!! BYE!! Thanks for all your review once again!!