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A/N: Hello my gracious readers. Sorry about the late updates. I finally decided it is time to get back on this story. I hope you are ready to see some character development. Plus you should notice that this chapter will be longer then the other chapters. Anyway, enough of this senseless tomfoolery. On to the show!… story… thing.
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Endless Darkness
Chapter 06 - A new companionship?
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Nao sat on the sofa, gazing at Natsuki. A moment of discomfort swept over the blue haired goddess and she tried to avert Nao's gaze. But it didn't help, she could still feel her look.
"What do you want?" Natsuki bluntly asked. Nao looked away from the biker, trying to collect her thoughts.
"You and I are kind of the same, right?" Natsuki inwardly flinched at Nao's question. "Yeah… I guess."
Nao looked back at the girl. "Tell me, am I…" Nao took a long pause and looked down at her hands. "Are you… what?" Natsuki asked with a puzzled look.
"Am I a horrible person?" Again, Natsuki was taken aback by Nao's unexpected questions. Natsuki always thought that Nao was the type of person who couldn't care less of what other people thought of her. 'Is she opening up to me?' She thought.
"Well let's see. You went ballistic and tried to kill Mai's little brother and tried to do me in so… yeah." Natsuki looked down at the redhead and noticed that she was practically glaring at her.
"What? You asked me and I honestly answered." Natsuki said shrugging her shoulders. "You didn't have to make it sound so bad. " Nao snared and looked in the other direction.
Natsuki just let a grin creep onto her face. "So. Do you need anything else or do you want me to point out anymore of your obvious faults?"
Nao just rested into the sofa. She closed her eyes and let the comfort and warmth of the sofa sink in.
"Hey!" Nao jumped up in shock to find a flustered Natsuki.
"If you don't need anything else then leave." Natsuki said making her way to the her bathroom. "Why did you stop me?" Natsuki paused her movement and turned her vision over to the redhead on her sofa.
"Nani?" Natsuki watch as Nao lifted herself off the sofa. "Why did you stop me from killing myself?" Nao asked again, not even looking at the other girl. "I guess I just… Felt like I had to."
Natsuki shrugged her shoulders and continued her way to the bath, closing the door behind her. 'A feeling? Is that so?' Nao laid back down on the sofa, resting her head on one of the white pillows, slowly drifting asleep.
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Mai opened her dorm room door and lazily walked inside. After an exhausting day of running around town, Mai was finally able to rest.
"Tadaima!" Mai's voice echoed slightly through the dorm. "MAI!" The orange haired girl looked over and saw Mikoto leaping at her. "Gah!" Both Mikoto and Mai fell to the ground.
"Oh, Tokiha-san, you're back." Mai looked over and saw Yukino walking over with a bright smile on her face. "Mai. Did you find Nao? Is she alright?" Mikoto pleaded the girl she was practically straddling to know how Nao was doing.
Since the HiME carnival, Mikoto and Nao have grown pretty close. "Umm… Don't worry Mikoto. She's alright." Mai said, rubbing the girls head. Of course Mai was lying, or so she thought, to her friend so she wouldn't worry anymore.
Mai has yet to be informed that Nao was saved by Natsuki again. "Thanks for watching Mikoto for me while I was gone, Yukino." Mai said after standing back up. "Not a problem." Yukino said with another warming smile. "I better get going. Haruka-chan said she had something special planned for me tonight."
Mai nodded in response. "Bye Mikoto. See you later." Yukino said and patted the beast girl on her head. "Alright. Bye Yukino." Mikoto wrapped her arms around the girl and watched as she walked out the door.
"Alright, I guess we should go take a ba-" Mai was interrupted by a loud growling noise. She looked back to see Mikoto with her head hanging from her shoulders and drool dripping from her mouth.
"Mai… I'm hungry." Mikoto said and fell into Mai's arms. "Wha-… What?! Didn't you have dinner?"
"Yes. But Yukino-chan burned it and we had to eat cheesy pie…" Mai let out a small sigh and gently nudged the girl off of her. "Alright, alright. I'll make you something to eat. Oh, and it's called pizza, Mikoto. But before you eat, you need a bath."
Mikoto immediately snapped back to life and leaped under one of the beds and hid. "No! I'm not gonna."
Mai just gave an evil snicker. "Alright then. I guess you don't want my ultimate ramen dish."
Mai heard Mikoto moaning out of irritation under the bed. She knew that the girl couldn't resist one of her best ramen dishes. "Will it have beef?" Mikoto asked, popping her head out from under the bed. Mai nodded and said "All you can eat!".
Mikoto sprang out from her hiding place and rushed over to Mai. "Alright. But let's make it quick." Mikoto grabbed Mai's hand and rushed into the bathroom. "Wait, Mikoto!"
The two girls had striped down, Mikoto sat naked on a stool while Mai stood up on her knees behind the other girl and scrubbed her back. "Mai, would Nao really…?"
"Hmm. I'm sorry Mikoto, I didn't catch that." Mai said, pouring water over the girl, rinsing the soap off. "Would Nao really kill herself?" Mai flinched at the question.
"Wait, Mikoto. Who ever said that Nao was trying to kill herself?" Mai asked with a hesitant voice. The last thing she would want is any unneeded tension on her little friend.
"I had a dream that Nao jumped off a cliff into a black abyss. I don't know why but every time I think about it, I always feel really scarred." Mikoto began to quiver. The girl soon felt to arms wrap around her and a warm felling engulfed her.
"Don't think about it. Just let it go Mikoto. Nao is safe and that's all that matters." Mai gently whispered into the little girls ear. "Mai." Mikoto rested her head into the girls chest.
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Natsuki let the water wash away the days fatigue and irritation. The steam generated from the warm water in her bath relaxed the girl even more. She let her body sink into the bath as until the water spilled over the sides of the bath.
She let out a sigh and gazed up at the ceiling. "Today really got hectic. Hope Nao doesn't go pulling another stunt like that again. It might be the death of me."
Natsuki looked at her hands and noticed how pruned her hands had become. She had already spent over an hour in the bath. "If I don't get out soon, I'll look like a raisin."
The cobalt headed girl lifted herself out of the bath and drained the water. She wrapped a towel around her and walked over to a basket that had her night close in it. All it had were dark colored sleeping pants and a blue t-shirt. After getting dressed, she walked out into the living room and found Nao sleeping on her sofa.
Natsuki's eye twitch and she approached the sofa where the redheaded beauty laid. She crouched down and was about to shake her when something caught her eye.
Natsuki gazed at the beauty that laid before her. She never really noticed how hot Nao really was.
Inch by inch, Her face was closing in on the redheads without her knowledge. Soon, their faces were only and inch apart. Natsuki's heart began to race rapidly and she felt her face turning bright red.
'What the hell am I doing? Stop it Natsuki. You're making a big mistake.' Natsuki thought, trying to reason out her actions. She already felt Nao's lips once while giver her CPR.
When Natsuki finally thought about it, she remembered the feeling of Nao's lips against hers. They were warm, soft and tasted like strawberry's.
Natsuki was almost about to feel that same sensation until Nao opened her eyes to find the Natsuki practically on top of her.
"AHHH!! What the hell are you doing!?" Nao screamed while shoving Natsuki onto the floor. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." Natsuki staggered to her feet and backed away from the redhead.
Nao had a furious look on her face, but it quickly dissipated.
"I thought I told you to leave." The biker said and crossed her arms over her chest as if the incident never happened. "Well I would have if I had known you were going to try and rape me." Nao chuckled and looked in the other direction.
Natsuki's face turned beat red and she stomped her right foot on the ground. "Wait a minute." She demanded and turned in the other direction. "I was… Caught up in the moment. That's all." She said, pouting.
"Sure you were, mutt." Natsuki whipped around and glared at Nao. "What did you call me?" She snarled, starring daggers at the redhead.
"Oh, nothing." Nao giggled. "I'm just surprised to see you are gaining more of Shizuru's orientation." Nao said as she wore a smirk of victory. Natsuki just averted the gaze of the other girl. She wasn't going to deny it. The more time she spent with Shizuru, the more she became used to the idea of bring a homosexual.
"Yeah, yeah. Well anyway, what are you going to do? It's almost one o'clock and I bet the streets really aren't that safe at this time of day." Natsuki said, scratching her neck. "Well, I was thinking I might stay here tonight. I kind of like the feel of this couch." Nao said and plopped back down onto the sofa.
Natsuki just sighed. "I guess. As long as you keep quite, I won't have a problem with it." Nao just put on an innocent smile. "Don't worry. I'll be a good girl." She said grabbed the blanket that rested on the top of the sofa.
Natsuki watch as the girl slowly fell asleep. 'I guess I should do the same. After all, who knows what's going to happen tomorrow.' Natsuki turned of the lights in her living room and walked over to the door of her bedroom. She took one last glance over at the redhead on the couch and headed into her bedroom.
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At the airport of Fuuka city, a man walked out of the front doors of the station. He had ruffled black hair and hazel eyes. He wore sunglasses and a black suit.
"So, this is Fuuka eh?" The man said and grunted. He reached into his pocket and pulled a picture out. It was a picture of Nao. "Now where are you, my little princess?"
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Who is this man and why does he know Nao? What could he be after? Will there be a yuri scene of Mikoto and Mai? Find out on the next chapter of Endless Darkness!
A/N: Hey everybody. I hope you liked the new chapter. Sorry if it wasn't as long as you anticipated. I kinda ran out of material for this chapter. Well, anyway, please remember to review. Criticism is welcome as well. Cheerio!