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Ok..this chapter is not really a good chapter but I want to have this scene in this story.
WARNING: GRAMMATICAL AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE ERRORS…so proceed at your own risk.
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Chapter: 13 Meet My Sister
Natsuki silently wandered around in the room to do her things so that she will not awaken her roommate. She already changed her clothes and ready to leave when she remembered that she did not informed Shizuru that she will go out this early. She leaved a note and placed it in the middle of the table and went outside.
Midori called a meeting early morning in her apartment. When everyone was settled with Dr Yohko joining this time, Midori started their meeting.
"We researched those unknown entity you've engaged in the battle. We've found out those type of assassin can be found in the medieval time where mage are popular."
"You mean those are from centuries ago?" Nao asked incredulously.
"Yes. We all know that Weis are experimenting to revive the mage magic and we guests that they are successful. Those assassins were called mage child. The mage summons those assassins. In original and authentic mage, they can summon up to ten maximum mage child at once."
"But only two mage child appear."
"Yes. We deduced that those mage who summoned their child might not be a full pledge mage which means they have not mastered the summoning techniques."
"So it means, the one who summoned it were nearby in those place. I heard murmuring in the night I was attacked." Natsuki said.
"Yes. These child should have connections to their master to perform their objective or mission given by their master. In every child, the mage looses their energy or stamina. Every mage child destroyed or damaged they receive physical pain or injury will manifest in their bodies." Yohko explained.
"So we assumed the mage who summoned their child was in the school grounds. We think students might be involved in this. So we should be aware and cautious. We should not let our guard down in this matter." Midori commanded.
"What should we do for precaution?" Mai asked,
"We will check out those students who are trying to be closed to them. They might be the mage or even their friends. Remember, they would not harm the users because Weis need them."
Nao were thinking about something and voice out her question. "How about Nina Wang? Have you checked her already?"
Midori looked at Nao and giver her reassuring smile. "Give us a week and we will find out about her."
Nao nodded with this statement.
Natsuki was thinking about the new information she got about the mage and thinking the possibilities who might be those students. She inserted her key to their room and opened the door. She walked inside and dropped everything she was carrying when she noticed someone was inside their room.
A woman with a long silver hair sitting in the couch and now staring at her intently. She shivered slightly when she felt the strong gaze she was receiving. She totally forgot that this girl might be an enemy and break in their room. But she looked harmless to Natsuki. She was totally rooted in her position when the unknown girl devours her by staring. Natsuki's heart beat faster when the girl walked slowly towards her.
Oh my God. What is she doing? Why do I feel naked in her stare? Who is this goddess?
Natsuki watched this woman approached her. The silver haired girl stopped in front of her. Natsuki was mesmerized by the exotic beauty of this girl and the elegant sway of her body moving towards her. Her mind totally shut down. She did not notice that the girl hands went upward and cup her cheeks and urging her to look at her. When finally their eyes locked, she noticed how the other girl face was so closed to her.
The perfect face was leaning slowly and closing the distance slowly.
What is she doing? Is she going to kiss me? Oh no. Why I can't move myself? Argh.. she's getting closer.
Natsuki's heart keep on beating faster and blood was rushing on her face. The next thing she saw was the beautiful face before her mind shut down.
When Natsuki opened her eyes and saw lights, she instantly jumped up remembering that there is a stranger in their room. And also frantically feel her body if something was wrong with her.
She saw the girl sipping her tea quietly in the living room. She blushed when she realized why she fainted.
"You must be Kuga Natsuki. I did not know you are that gorgeous." Said the husky voice from the stranger.
"W-what are you doing here and who are you?" Natsuki asked while walking towards her and stopped in front of her.
The stranger just smirked and continue sipping her tea. Before Natsuki can react her cell phone vibrated in her pockets.
"Shziuru. Im glad you called. There is a stranger here and she - she almost did something bad to me." Natsuki stuttered to Shizuru explaining and getting her face redder.
"Calm down, Natsuki. I forgot to tell you that my sister is visiting me today. I am currently in a meeting today."
"What?! This woman is your sister?" Natsuki yelled. She looked at the girl and keep on sipping her tea. She might be Shizuru's sister. Addiction in tea must be traits in Fujino.
"Mou, Natsuki, don't shout. Can you entertain her for a while? This meeting might take longer than we expected. Is that alright?"
"Noooo. I think she is dangerous" Natsuki panicked. She really thought the woman is dangerous. Like a predator.
"Natsuki. She will not do anything to you, ok? She is my sister. What mine is mine. She will not try anything to you because she already knows you are mine."
Natsuki faced turned tomato. She was a little bit confused of possessiveness by Shizuru but she like it somehow.
After a bit of teasing Natsuki complied with Shizuru's favor.
"So, what is your name?" Natsuki said.
"Ara. Such a rude manner. Anyway, I am Fujino Shizuma. Shizuru's older sister." Shizuma offered her hand and Natsuki grudgingly take it but dropped immediately.
Natsuki was uncomfortable with the older woman. She can't figure why but maybe because this woman is a Fujino.
"What brings you here?" Natsuki asked trying to make a conversation.
"I want to see my little sister. So, how long do you know our Sa-chan?" Shizuma playfully asked. Turning the table.
Natsuki brows furrowed because Shizuma was liked Shizuru in playful manner. There are two Shizuru but this one is a lot more dangerous.
"Uhm, that will be two months from now, I guess. So what do you want to do until Shizuru gets here?" Natsuki asked nervously.
"How about we go out while waiting Sa-chan?" Shizuma suggested.
Natsuki agreed immediately. She thinks she felt safe in the crowd while she's with this predator. Natsuki grabbed her keys and ushered the older woman outside the room. She called Shizuru and leaved a message in her voice mail that she and her sister went out.
Natsuki almost jump out when she felt hand hooked with her own arm. Shivers run down in her body. She never allowed someone to invade her personal space but this woman was so sneaky that she did not notice Shizuma's plan. Well, she relaxed a little bit because only Shizuru got closer to her maybe another Fujino is not bad.
They were walking arm in arm in the not so busy street when Shizuma started questioning her.
"What is your relationship with Shizuru?" Shizuma started.
Natsuki was startled a little bit but answered anyway. "She is my roommate."
"Aside from that?"
"Friend. She is my friend." Natsuki said smoothly.
"Just friend?" Shizuma inquired.
"Yeah. What do you mean just friend?" Natsuki was curious by this question.
"Nothing. So I can see that you are very different from Shizuru. Does the two of you ok living together?"
Natsuki thought about it. Living together with Shizuru. Her life with Shizuru is a good thing in her life. "Yeah. We managed to live in peace." Natsuki said.
Shizuma raised her eyebrow in that statement. She knows how picky Shizuru is. Shizuru will make a way just to remove anyone or anything in her life that will disrupt her orderly life. Looking at Natsujki means disruption to Shizuru's oderly life but she can see that there is something that connects the two.
They stopped in the coffee shop to continue their so called conversation. They sat side by side and Shizuma noticed again the nervousness of the younger girl. She seemed uncomfortable being closed with Shizuma.
Shizuma's playfulness sparks when an idea popped out in her mind.
Shizuma scooted closely to Natsuki and their distance lessens between them that look like an inch or more. Natsuki's nervousness starting to hike up every minute she spent to Shizuma.
Natsuki's head turned to Shizuma when she felt her arm robbed slightly by Shizuma. And the older girl was giving her a sweet smile and makes her heart beat furiously.
"So, wanna have some fun after this?" Shizuma teasingly said. And gave Natsuki a wink.
Natsuki blushed after she saw the wink. "I-I don't want to." She whined to her.
"Why? Someone will get mad?" Shizuma asked presuming something at Natsuki.
Natsuki denied frantically when she understood what Shizuma was getting at. "No. It's not that. I just don't want to get involved with you."
"Really? What do you think I want to do with you? Really Kuga-san. I just want to know you because Shizuru liked you." Shizuma laughed at her.
Natsuki was fuming at herself thinking that Shizuma want to do naughty with her. She really can't stop herself thinking like that especially what happened this past few weeks. With a lot of girls asking her out.
"Calm down, Kuga-san. I'm just teasing you." Shizuma said and laid her hand in Natsuki thigh.
Natsuki jumped in her feet when Shizuma's hand landed on her thigh. She heard laughter from the older girl that makes Natsuki blushed hardly. She is making herself embarrassed with Shizuru's sister.
Natsuki was really feeling uncomfortable seating with Shizuma very closely even though they are in public area. She can't even voice out her uneasiness with the girl or maybe because this one is also a Fujino.
"So, who's the lucky girl Shizuru's dating right now?" Shizuma said unannounced.
Natsuki looked at her clueless.
"I mean, is Shizuru going out with someone?" She said in different question.
"Ah. As far as I know, she's not going out with someone." Natsuki replied. Yeah. Im curious too. Shizuru is really beautiful but I never heard or see her go out.
"Really? Well, that's weird though. How about you? Are you going out with her?"
Natsuki looked at her in bewildered. "No. I don't go out with her as a-a, uhm..like a date."
"Ah. Ok. But why not go out with her as a date?" Shizuma asked curiously.
Yeah. Why not go out with Shizuru as a couple like doing? But I'm not that type of person doing like that. And Shizuru is a friend. Natsuki thought to herself. "Shizuru is my friend"
"Ows? Do you have feelings for my sister? As far as having a relationship with her." Shizuma asked in a light tone.
Feelings towards Shizuru? Like in a relationship? What is she talking about? "No. Shizuru is a friend, just what I said earlier."
"I see. But what if, you fall in love with Shizuru, granted that you are her friend. Will your risk your friendship for love?" Shizuma asked her again and waiting for a reply.
Natsuki kept silence for a while. She was thinking the possibilities and the importance of their friendship and love. What the hell?! I really don't know about this thing called love. What I know for now is my friendship with Shizuru. I will not lose my friendship with her no matter what. "What's with you with these questions? I don't know what you are talking about. But Shizuru is important to me." She said with finality in her voice.
Shizuma smiled with these. When she saw Natsuki entered the room earlier, everything fell in places. Puzzles were completed. Seeing this beautiful lady with her adorable blushes and forceful attitude, she understands completely her little sister. Shizuru seems happy these past few months and avoided to visit them during weekends but every phone call she seems ok and extremely happy. So she visited her today to investigate what the cause of this sudden change of behavior. And Natsuki might be the answer to her questions. But what puzzled her is that Natsuki is telling her that they don't have that kind of relationship she is expecting to. And it seems that Natsuki is very oblivious in terms of emotions and feelings.
"You are different with Harumi. I'm glad. I like you more than to that girl. You are more honest." Shizuma complimented.
Natsuki looked at her blankly. She can't fathom what Shizuma was talking about and who is Harumi.
"Don't think so hard. It's nothing. You are really honest though. I like you for Shizuru." Shizuma said smilingly. A true smile that she seldom gives to stranger or friends.
"Who is Harumi?" Natsuki asked with curios appearing in her eyes.
"I'm not the right person to tell you about this. But what important is, don't hurt my sister." Shizuma said a little bit of harsh.
Natsuki shook her heard trying to focus on their conversation. She is having a hard time figuring everything.
"I will never hurt your sister. Why should I hurt her?" Natsuki said innocently after pondering in the question.
Shizuma looked at her incredulously. She has this feeling that Natsuki is talking differently what she intended to. "Kuga-san, don't hurt my sister's feelings. Try to understand her when situation comes. Trust is very important in a relationship no matter what kind of relationship is that even friendship needs trust. Without it, people involved in relationship will crash, will hurt inwardly, emotionally. Shizuru already experience it. But I hope you will protect the trust between the two of you."
Natsuki nodded. Trust? I trust Shizuru and she trusts me. I know I will protect that trust. She doesn't need to tell me about that. But Shizuru was hurt because of trust in the past? Grrrr.. whoever that person, I'm gonna beat that person for hurting Shizuru.
"So, Shizuru is not in a relationship right now. Maybe I can arrange someone for her. I better asked my friends that my little sister is so much available."
"What?" Natsuki was bewildered. Shizuru hanging out with someone? Shizuru dating someone? Shizuru..
Natsuki was stunned with her thoughts. She was shocked with her idea and the same time it pained her. It's like Shizuru is slipping in her grasp.
"But why will you do it?" Natsuki's heart starting to heart thinking about this.
"I want Shizuru to be happy." Shizuma said simply.
"Being with that makes her happy?" Natsuki asked.
"Having someone in your side, understanding you, looking out for you, helping you, this thing will make you happy. And that's what Shizuru needs."
"I can also give it to her," Natsuki mumbled to herself.
"You also need someone, Kuga-san. Being alone will make you sad, lonely, bitter, self pity. All of us dream to have a partner in life." Shizuma explained.
"What do you mean partner in life?" Natsuki asked.
"You are so naïve, Kuga-san. Partner in life is someone you want to share your life. Like your parents."
Natsuki bowed her head. If she wants something like with her parents, she will choose to be alone forever.
"What's good with that thing? Having a partner?"
Shizuma was quite for a while. Maybe Natsuki have a good reason why she seems so opposed with the word partner.
"Kuga-san, partner is sharing everything with one another. Helping one another. Understanding one another. How about this, do you have something you like? Then when you got it, what did you do?" She asked.
Natsuki thought for a while. Then she remembered when she got her bike. "I showed it to Shizuru."
"So, why did you show it to Shizuru?"
"Because I want someone to know that I got my bike." Natsuki was in dazed.
"What did Shizuru do?"
Natsuki remembered Shizuru accompanied her. Shizuru rode with her. Shizuru tried to experience riding a bike with her.
"But what if there is no one you can show it to?"
Natsuki mouth shut automatically. What if.. It's meaningless.
"Do you get what I mean?" Shizuma said gently.
Natsuki nodded.
"So, basically that's a partnership. When you get older, you don't want to be alone. That's same with Shizuru. She will look for someone who can share everything with her."
But, I don't know if it's ok with me. Shizuru with another person? Gah. I can't think straight.
"So, I can see that you are really a friend with Shizuru, so does it means that you will help me to look for someone to be with Shizuru?" Shizuma asked in playful manner. She understands what Natsuki is thinking. With that expression showing in her face, it's easy to read what she is thinking. She may not know it right now, but a little push is not bad.
"No. I will not help you." Natsuki said adamantly.
Shizuma just laughed at her. Natsuki was about to say something when her cell phone vibrated again. She abruptly answered it.
"Finally! Shizuru were here in a coffee shop. Be here faster, ok? I can't stand anymore with your sister. She is freaking me out." With that she slammed her phone back and looked back at Shizuma who smirking at her.
Shizuru was smiling to herself thinking the possibilities of Nasuki's reaction seeing her sister. Knowing her sister, she bet Shizuma teased the younger girl. But she was curious why the sudden visit of her sister in Fuuka nevertheless, she is happy to see her sister again. Shizuma was been away for months because of family business. Currently, Shizuma was handling some family business and helping their father run their business.
She approached the two girls inside the coffee shop when she saw them. She saw Natsuki pouting that makes her smile and she glanced at her sister who is beautiful as ever.
Shizuma hugged her and kissed her cheek after greeting her.
"I'm happy to see you again, Shizuma" Shizuru said after she take her seat.
"I'm happy too. And don't bother to apologize for not being there when I arrived. Kuga-san really entertained me a lot." Shizuma smiled.
"Really. That's sweet of you, Natsuki." Shizuru said to her.
Natsuki glared at her. Facing with two Fujino is very difficult for her.
"Is there anything particular why you visit me here?" Shizuru asked her sister.
"Father said that you will spend your summer vacation in Kyoto. With your family."
Shizuru was silent for a while.
"And Kuga-san too. So, is that ok with you Sa-chan?"
Shizuru was surprised. Summer vacation with Natsuki?
Natsuki was also surprised. She turned to Shizuma and waiting for an explanation. But the only response she got is, smile.
Guys, thank you for waiting to update this chapter…but sad to say, the next chapter will take longer to update. Because im having a writer's block..heheh..seriously speaking, my mind is not working properly. But I will try to write the next scene.
So the next scene is..
Chapter 14: Meet your enemy
So, this one is a very boring chapter. Another character will show up which is one of the antagonist.
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