Chapter Four

Thank you.

Thank you so much…

For him, for her, I don't know…

But thank you…

Through this night, we will cry…

This tragedy we will suffer,

Yet … from you,

We can see tomorrow morning…

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"Kiwi…Where'd Shizuru go?" Natsuki had went to look around the creek area, and when she came back, she only found Kiwi slithering around. The snake looked up, and with gentle eyes started to climb onto Natsuki.

Natsuki feared Kiwi would hurt her, but instead, Kiwi hissed and gently moved up and around Natsuki's arm.

A splash was heard. Natsuki muttered as she tried to locate the direction, slipping a few times on the wet mud and scraping her knees on rocks.

Natsuki followed the creek up to its waterfall, and climbed the rocks. It took her a few minutes before she finally got up, and saw the water from the top that fell down to the creek.

She looked up to the setting sun; it was almost dark. She followed the water back, careful to not slip in, until she was stopped by bushes. She pushed them aside, to find a large yet shallow lake.

The lake was shining, because of the reflection, and in the middle were floating orchids.

Natsuki traced the lake, to a figure. Shizuru's figure.

"Shizuru! What…are…you…doing…" Natsuki stopped in mid sentence, as her eyes took the shape of a glorious naked Shizuru.

Shizuru quickly dropped down, and covered her bare body behind the flowers.

"N..Natsuki! Sorry! I…I got carried away…Let…oh no…I don't have my towel…and if a guard comes and sees…oh no…"

Natsuki blushed, and grabbed her cape. Pulling it off, the cold air pierced her skin, and cooled it down. She quickly ran into the lake and covered Shizuru. Shizuru smiled weakly, as Natsuki led her back on one side of the giant lake to a boulder where they could dry off.

"What were you doing?"

Shizuru looked at Natsuki, while picking up her dress that was placed on a tree branch. Quickly wiping it, she put it on and it fell onto her, as if it was a bit big. But once again, it had looked perfectly on her. Shizuru's wet was damp, and it wet the dress a bit, making Natsuki blush at Shizuru.

She…she's really hot…

Natsuki stared at Shizuru, and mentally slapped herself, and helped her get on the boulder. Placing her cape on the top, she led Shizuru to lie down, and she set herself next to her. After moments of silence, Shizuru finally decided to answer. "I don't know, I'm just drawn to that spot on the lake….its like my strength is generated from there…its kinda weird…but…nobody but me really has been here, well, except you now…so this is our secret spot now…I guess…"

Kiwi hissed, making Natsuki laugh. "And Kiwi's…."

Shizuru opened her eyes to look at Natsuki. A sadness filled Natsuki though, an emptiness, since Shizuru could not see her even if she looked directly at her… Natsuki gripped Shizuru's hand tightly.

"Shizuru…I…I don't know…"

"You don't know what..?"

"I don't know why…but I think I already….Heh…You know, if you could see…The sky is peaceful…The sunset is almost over…the stars are almost already up…It's a transition…of beauty…but…for this to happen when a war has completely not settled…I don't get it…"

Shizuru didn't get it. "What?"

Natsuki looked at Shizuru's eyes. "I've never…Never noticed these things until three hours ago when I met you…not once…Shizuru…I think I'm in love with you…"

Shizuru gasped, and a surprised expression appeared onto her face. "Na..Natsuki…?...I…I…"

Natsuki felt tears slide down, ready for rejection. Quickly, she pressed her mouth against Shizuru's, trying to silence her and savor the moment.

"I'm sorry…this is probably a burden to you…I'm really sorry…"

Shizuru smiled, and Kiwi hissed, or rather than hissing, cheered them on. "No. I love…I love you too…" Shizuru leaned in for another kiss.

Bump.

"Shizuru. That's my nose…" Natsuki whispered, making Shizuru laugh. "Well sorry, kinda blind here…jeez your mean Natsuki…"

Natsuki laughed. "Well, here are my lips…"

Once again, Natsuki kissed Shizuru, but more than once. After they finished, Shizuru clinged onto Natsuki smiling and sighing happily. They lay there for a minute, and when Shizuru opened her mouth, Natsuki heard a beautiful melody.

"Tellus dormit
et liberi in diem faciunt
numquam extinguunt
ne expergisci possint."

The sunset started to disappear…and Natsuki closed her eyes, trying to soak up the rest of its warmth, but instead found herself heating up from Shizuru.

"Omnia dividit
tragoedia coram
amandum quae."

The stars exposed themselves…and the heat moved from Shizuru to Natsuki, waking her up a bit and drying them off. Natsuki smiled as she closed her eyes and listened to the rest of the song.

"Et nocte perpetua
ehem vel vera visione
par oram videbo te
mane tempu expergiscendi."

Natsuki's eyes widened after Shizuru stopped. "You speak Latin?" Shizuru nodded, and smiled with a bit embarrassment. "You didn't like it…?" Natsuki shook her head. "No…it was the most beautiful thing I've ever heard…well, aside from your voice itself…"

Shizuru blushed. "You flirt." Natsuki grinned. "How is one able to resist doing that with you? Name one you know who wouldn't!"

Shizuru grinned, and replied, "Kiwi."

Natsuki froze, and burst out laughing. "Idiot…" and nuzzled her head on Shizuru's head.

"Oh god…this is really weird…I seriously just met you…"

"But…it doesn't matter…does it?" Natsuki laughed at Shizuru's remark.

"I guess not…but…Shizuru…I…my…my world has been closed…before…I never saw or noticed anything except the things in front of me. Of course, I laughed at stuff, I smiled when Kazuya smiled...but…that's just it…It was like I was on autopilot for my whole life…ever since then…but…the moment I looked at you…the windows of my world opened, and I could see the outside…"

Natsuki blushed, while Shizuru smiled at Natsuki's outburst, causing her to blush even more.

"Natsuki…nice analogy…"

"Shut up…"

Kiwi hissed. Natsuki looked up at the sky, wondering how the hell did her life change that fast.

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Kazuya looked up at the dark sky. "You know…they've been gone for a long time…"

Haruka looked towards him. "Hell yeah they've been gone…and-

"Sorryyy! Me and Natsuki got lost!"

Natsuki came back dragging Shizuru, both smiling a bit. "Back, we're back, I'm cold, let's go!" Natsuki yelled with a grin. Arika grinned, and poked Kazuya. "Hey, 20 bucks if I bet our sisters got together…You in too Akane?"

Akane blushed, and her cute face made Kazuya blushed. From a distance, Kiwi hissed, and he was most likely pissed that he had no one. Haruka and Yukino started to pack up the blankets.

"B..But aren't they both girls?"

Arika glared at Kazuya.

"So? Its 2013 Kazuya. I doubt that anyone cares anymore, in fact, I plan to go gay! But...tomorrow though…I'm getting sleepy!" Akane laughed at Arika's determination.

They all cracked, not noticing the figure watching them from a distance.

Nagi laughed. "Oh wow. Kazuya, you are probably going to be the best host, or the worst. And Natsuki…tsk tsk…All of your happy endings will crash down…"

Kazuya immediately looked back, looking straight into Nagi's eyes, glaring at his pink eyes. What?

Nagi laughed. The boy was smarter than he thought. My dear boy, you will experience the worst lost ever…and I suggest…that you come with me tonight…other wise…

Kazuya's eyes widened.

I'll kill Natsuki.

--TBC—

A//N:: So? Review? Please? I'm sorry, I think I will evaluate all the troubles, or confusion I've caused. Shizuru and Natsuki are completely AU, but they are still the same. Because they are AU, they aren't OOC, but that's cause it's an AU! AU AU AU!!! XD

Also, the italics are a way Hosts communicate, meaning that as evil as they SHOULD be, they have powers too. Bummer. I know. And at the beginning of each chapter…

It's highly important…

Highly…highly…highly important. But I'll leave it up to you to decide. Even if you somehow guess what it is, my ideas are much crazier. Hopefully you'll gain a…nvm. You'll see.

Also, I've edited the prologue, so it shows the litte '------' thing at the beginning.

So in the end…REVIEWS ARE NEEDED! I'm not good at fluff, but I like writing SMEX ). And this IS rated M so…

Expect the next 5 chapters to be ShizNat. ).

Oh yeah, this story is split into two arcs. The Awakening, and the … the other name I haven't come up yet. I'm still improvising how to connect my ingenius ending that will make you guys go…'are you serious…no…way…TEAR TEAR SOB SOB (Hopefully!)' to this so yeah.

This whole thing will approximately be around 25-30 chapters, and hopefully longer. I'll do my best. Also, when I finish this, I might to a Prelude to include information on the Maidens. So…

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