This is short but… significant? ;;

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Chappy 2

Once inside the cave, Natsuki placed Shizuru on a wall she had already prepared. Chaining her to it by her ankles. Natsuki couldn't remember when she had found this place but she always thought some day she would be chained to it, however faith was not without a sense of irony and now she was the one keeping someone captive.

Natsuki wished to know what was going on inside Fujino's mind, however this was the one thing she knew she couldn't get out of her. She had tried countless times before asking her the nice way, the bad way and even the bribe way. But she hadn't given to her.

There was of course a reason as to why. Shizuru simply refused to give Natsuki any more pain than she had already. Back in the day the raven-haired woman had cried her eyes out and taken the hardest decision she could for her. Shizuru might of gone and left her humanity behind for Natsuki, but her princess had done it all far worse, because she was unable to leave such thing behind, when she took the decision to give herself to Shizuru and kill both of them she did it with full knowledge and guilt. She even managed not only to display her love much greater than Shizuru's but also bring her the gift of warmth she had always longed for.

Shizuru would never hurt her again, and that was a final decision.

Natsuki took the hood off of the older woman's head and allowed her to watch the place, she didn't mind her for the longest time while she made a fire and then simply sat in front of her. She chose a spot not too close to her because Nao had told her once she had Shizuru in a similar position she should stay away for several reasons that she didn't explain. This of course was taken by Shizuru as a simple act of repulsion, and it didn't help the situation at all.

They stayed in their places without letting on a single word for more than an hour before Natsuki decided to finally speak.

"Do you know why I brought you here?" her tone made it clear to Shizuru it wasn't a good idea to tease her, however she didn't feel up to having a serious talk with Natsuki. Not yet.

"Natsuki wanted me all for herself?" This was Fujino's way of trying to wriggle out of the situation untouched.

"On the contraire, I want to know why are you pushing everyone away." For the first time Natsuki was able to resist the devil-woman's teasing, she wasn't going to fall for any of it. This was her game, this was her territory, she would make the rules and she would win. Not because she didn't like loosing to Shizuru, but because she wanted to be able to in the future.

"Ara, ara, why does Natsuki think that of me?"

"Shizuru I don't want to be alone, and you are the only person that is ever with me. Why wont you allow me in?" a new side of Natsuki was coming into view… the true side of her.

These words echoed inside Shizuru's mind. She didn't want her princess to be alone, she never did. She wanted love for her, she wanted happiness… She had only stayed away from her because of that. She had decided to give her what she thought needed, a life without guilt, she wanted to take it all with her. To set Natsuki free.

Yet she had done the opposite, she had once again failed to protect her one special person, the one that had given her so much was now once again hurting in front of her, and her own lack of heart had been the cause yet again. Shizuru broke at this moment, she simply couldn't handle the thought of it happening again, she now understood why she as tied up, why she was being treated as less than a dog. She deserved it, she deserved that and much more.

She wanted to cry, to be defeated, to exteriorize what now boiled up inside her. And she fell to her knees. Her eyes where empty as she lost herself inside her own thoughts, inside her own mind.

Natsuki saw Shizuru's pupils go blank and her limbs fail to sustain her, and was baffled at this, not once had she seen the woman crash, not even at the festival had she lost. She won when she died, she won because she gave herself to her. Yet now the sight in front of her taunted her with the possibility of hallucination. She simply could not believe this was happening.

A slim figure had been watching everything unfold step by step and the moment Shizuru had fallen to the ground she knew she could no longer be just a bystander, she would not leave Shizuru in the inexperienced hands of the wolf to be shred instead of healed as she needed. She quickly made her way into the cave and baring her heart on her sleeve she summoned her element, with one swift move tied up and lifted Shizuru in the same position she had once got her self-proclaimed nemesis in.

Natsuki's reaction was slow; she wondered how Nao could have got there so fast, yet she would have killed her in the spot, had her element got to her when she tried to summon it. Nao merely laughed at the lame attempt and the fact that Natsuki's hand was empty when she lifted it "aiming" at her with air. It took a second for Natsuki to realize it wasn't working.

Nao took advantage of the situation and quickly pulled the confused girl out of the cave, away from Shizuru's sight.

"What do you think you're doing? You bring her here, chain her and treat her like a hostage and then you break her down with psychological crap?" Nao slammed her female companion on the ground. "Even though she's the only freaking living being that cares about your pathetic little form of life you go and break her? As if she was just an old toy that no longer sates your cravings?"

Natsuki was unable to take it anymore, and finally clicked. "You think I want this? You think I don't care about her? I don't have the slightest clue of why I'm even here if I don't. I can't even begin to understand, I don't want her to hurt but I cannot fix this, I don't know how!" she was finally giving in herself, for Shizuru she would do anything, she simply didn't know what to do.

Nao couldn't shake the idea that Natsuki was actually saying the truth; she was stupid enough not to know what Shizuru needed. Hence she would help her, not because she cared about her, but because Fujino's form had been the only friendly one she had ever really encountered and if this was what she needed then she would do it, even if it killed her.

Nao took Natsuki and stood her up, this was going to be along night…

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So this is chapter 2… I do mean it when I say this is going to be a short fic, but that doesn't mean it wont have several chapters…

This might of got just a little more angsty and reckless than I wanted it but it's here nevertheless. Mostly because I obsessed so much over it I even dreamt I posted it ;;;

If all goes well the next chapter will be higher rated. And lighter (as it probably will be just a nice green and juicy lemon bunny) I hope.

You probably already have an idea of where this is going… but if there's anything I can say about it, is "be prepared because you're on for a big surprise"… not everything is what it seems… ne?

Jc… Thanks. All yours.