Author's Note: Well…I did chose to continue…now the question is how will I continue it xD Please do enjoy.
Ugh i keep forgetting to thx my betas...what a bad bad person i am sometimes...THX TEE! CRAZYNINJAPENGUIN FOR THE LOVELY WORK!
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Chapter 2: Sweet nightmares
Shizuru spun from side to side, sweating, her chestnut locks spread around her pillow with some covering her eyes. One hand had a firm hold on the bed sheets while the other held the end of her pillow desperately.
"Natsuki…" she whispered painfully.
She felt dizzy but at the same time her body felt different somehow. She was too weak right now, too tired.
"Shizuru!" the ice Hime hurried herself to catch her friend. "Shizuru say something!" she begged and the brunette could see the faint fear in the raven haired one's eyes.
"Ah, Natsuki…It's only you…" she said quietly smiling the best she could, trying to fight unconsciousness but failing miserable. "I am relieved."
The last thing Shizuru heard was her name being called again and again in frightened tones.
Hours later, the President of the Student Council became aware of a warm bed and an equally warm hand covering hers.
"Are you ever waking up, Shizuru?" The brunette heard Natsuki wondering while sighing at the same time and chose to open her eyes, slowly.
"I didn't know Natsuki was so worried about me." she teased quietly, giving a half smile.
"Shizuru!"
"And it seems Natsuki has been only able to say my name and nothing more each time I wake up."
"Please, Fujino-san I don't think teasing is the best thing for you to do right now."
The duo looked away, one blushing and the other smiling guiltily. Youko, the school's infirmary, walked over to them.
"There's nothing wrong with Fujino-san, the best I can tell you is to let her rest." she informed.
"She's been fainting Youko-sensei! That's not normal!" Natsuki protested.
"She is physically healthy, Natsuki-san." Youko said and leaned closer to the ice Hime until they were face to face. She looked at her seriously and whispered almost inaudibly. "Whatever ailment Fujino-san has it is not physical in nature." She then pointed at the raven haired's heart. "It's her heart that truly hurts, not her body, and you of all people should know what is causing her heart to ache with pain."
Natsuki looked away, closing her eyes fiercely as possible. Guilt and regret reflected in her eyes when she finally understood the woman's words.
"Thank you, sensei." she muttered and asked to be left alone with her friend.
When Shizuru finally turned around she was surprised to find herself alone with Natsuki. She soon became worried once she saw the look on the Hime's face.
"Natsuki?"
The woman in question took a chair near them and sat next to Shizuru. She never looked at her companion, instead she held her friend's hand firmly.
"I am sorry, Shizuru." The Hime began saying, still not looking into the concerned crimson eyes. "I am such a fool, an idiot. I should have realized, all this time. All the moments when you helped me even though I never knew why." The brunette's eyes widened in fear and realization when she met regrettable and sympathetic olive eyes. "It takes one person who has suffered the same as the other to understand how that other truly feels. How it feels when love is unrequited..." She silenced Shizuru, putting two fingers against her lips and shaking her head. Natsuki continued. "It hurts, I know. It hurts so much that you feel empty and hopeless. I feel that, I know how it feels, Shizuru. Because like you, I am in the same situation.
"You know there is no hope for me to return your feelings because Yuuichi has taken my heart. You know and still smile at me, you are still by my side even when I have never asked you to."
"Natsuki…"
"I am an idiot for not realizing how much pain you were in, how much you yearned for a friendship and hoped for more. And here the only thing I can do is say I'm sorry."
Natsuki dared not to cry, she didn't spill a single tear. She chose to hold Shizuru's hand tightly and look at the young woman, let her know, showing her how she felt. Her eyes widened in shock when her companion leaned in closer and kissed her softly on the cheek , whispering to her hopeless words of love.
"There is nothing to be sorry about, Natsuki. Please do not pity me, please do not sympathize with me. It only makes my heart hurt more, knowing I am the one causing you all this pain." Shizuru leaned back onto her bed and smiled. "Natsuki should do her best to smile, to show the world how truly beautiful she is. She should keep living against all odds, don't you think?"
The ice Hime nodded, the only thing she could do. She was too afraid to talk for she knew tears would soon begin to fall. One last look at Shizuru and she walked away somehow feeling ashamed yet reassured.
It wasn't until Shizuru heard the door close and the footsteps became inaudible that she stood up. Her vulnerable, weak demeanor disappeared in an instant. The young woman walked to the window just in time to catch a glimpse of her beloved. Her hand pressed against the window, slowly it turned into a shaking fist.
"Goodbye, Kuga Natsuki.".
They were the last words ever heard from anyone who knew her before she disappeared. Youko, sighing, went to the bed to notice a small letter left behind by Shizuru. She didn't know the entire story or what had just happened but she could only pray for the young woman was safe, wherever she had gone.
Shizuru kept spinning around in her bed, trails of sweat dripping from her head down to her neck. Thunder and the pouring rain could be seen and heard from her small bedroom window. She was still dreaming about her painful past even after so many centuries.
She didn't hear a soft click and the creaking sound or the head that popped shyly from the now opened bedroom door seconds later. The person at the door's eyes widened when she noticed the woman in the bed tossing from side to side. She blushed lightly while watching Shizuru moan painfully before climbing onto the bed. The figure caressed the Fighter's cheek sweetly, a smile beginning to adorn her face. Shizuru labored breath soon stopped along with her tossing when this figure began embracing her from behind.
"Shhh, I am here Kiyohime." Natsuki hushed, one arm around the woman's waist and the other by her neck.
"Natsuki…" this time it was said with a tone of ease and peace. However her mind gave no peace, her dreams continued to hunt her until she could awaken.
Shizuru, eyes closed, finished her tea serenely. Passersby stared at her in fashions ranging between adoration and lust but she ignored them all. Her crimson eyes opened slowly, a smile began forming on her face. She could see a raven haired figure even with such big crowd blocking her view.
Shizuru left a few coins, took her leather jacket and walked away. She was now secretly following the raven haired figure. It wasn't until she found herself at the dead end of an alley that she realized her mistake.
"I don't fancy stalkers, especially the types wearing all black." Natsuki stated, eyes glaring.
The chestnut haired woman simply chuckled, taking some pocky from her jacket and putting it into her mouth. She turned to look at the young woman.
"My, my it seems I have been stalked." She teased as she finished her pocky biting off the chocolate coated part while letting the uncoated part fell to the floor.
"Who are you?!" the woman demanded.
"Pardon me, my manners seem to have left me after seeing such beautiful face." Shizuru flirted and bowed slightly, her eyes looked directly at Natsuki. "I am Kiyohime, your fighter."
"My-y wha-at!?"
Omake:
Natsuki: -glares-
Rainee-chan: -glares-
Shizuru: -sips teas and glares-
Mai: -looking amused-
Nao: -blinks at the glares- what?-more glares- What!?-more more glares- OK ENOUGH! –glares doesn't stop and she begins shivering- FINE IM LEAVING!
Rainee-chan: that wasn't enough –pouts-
Natsuki: -sniffs- yeah
Shizuru: -pets both Natsuki and Rainee-chan- now now evil nao is no longer here, so don't worry.
Mai: even though she didn't do a thing…
Rainee-chan, Natsuki, Shizuru: -glares-
Mai: -GULP- I mean she hasn't do a thing HERE…who knows about other places –walks away hastily-
Humor is dead, sorry if its not funny enough. Please review –on knees- if I can't get ansty at least I want to be all happy and joyish to keep my writing T.T
