A/N: Hello, this is Riddles and it is currently 1 AM in Australia. And I'm tired.

But I need to update this story because I have a dedication to do, and that dedi is to Grawr who was the one (and only one) that guessed why blood reminded Natsuki of Shizuru CORRECTLY. Which is because Shizuru has crimson blood eyes. And blood is crimson... You get it? I know it's small, but seriously. Natsuki had killed her best friend, just to get back to Shizuru. So she's lost her sanity. :T

Anyway, thanks for reviewing, but I'm surprised that I got 9 reviews on the first chapter, which had almost no action, and only 2 bloody reviews on the second, which was longer, had more angst and romance, and had a character death? WHAT IS WITH YOU PEOPLE? Well, I get that nobody likes their favourite character to die (Poor Nao D:), and no one wanted the foot-licking sadist BITCH (Tomoe) to court Shizuru, and no one wanted Natsuki to go crazy... Or for Natsuki to kill Nao... Or for Natsuki to go absolutely bonkers-

Oh whatever, I get the point! No one likes angst! Well, a full story of angst anyway.

Just read this (very short) extra of Natsuki and Shizuru BEFORE they went to war, which is mostly fluff to make up for all the angst last chapter. This was set for when Shizuru and Natsuki met; 6 years ago from the current timeline of this fic. Natsuki and Shizuru are 15.

Enjoy! (And shout out to Grawrr!)

ouo

Chapter 2.5 extra: Roses are crimson, Violets are midnight blue

In a field full of flowers sat a teenage girl under the shade of an oak tree, reading a small, pocket-sized book. The field was vast and wide, and seemed to never end. You could only just see the tips of a forest line in the horizon, and the glistening of a stream far off in the distance.

The girl looked young, at the age of 15 or so, and she had brown hair that billowed in the wind, partially covering the upper part of her face. She lifted her free hand that was being used to turn the pages to her face, brushing her hair behind her ear, revealing stunning red eyes.

She had been studying the small book in her hands which held information on different types of flowers, and had several of the plants that the book had pictures of laid out in the sun on a clear patch of grass in front of her. There were a few yellow ones, a white one, a red one, and some blue ones.

She smiled softly, gazing at the beautiful flowers that she had picked from the field. She had finally found these 4 flowers that she was looking for in the last few days. She would be drying them and flattening them soon to put them in her little information book.

"Hi." A husky voice said, making the brunette jump lightly. She looked up to see a beautiful teenager with shining blue hair and sparkling green eyes. This made her eyes widen.

Someone had talked to her? In an empty brazen field like this?

'Well, it was empty the last time I checked,' The brunette mused, before hearing the bluenette speak again, a little louder this time.

"Hey, are you listening?" The bluenette said with a humph, crossing her arms over her chest indignantly. It seemed as if she didn't take too well on being ignored.

"Ara, hello." The brunette smiled softly, closing her book to pay her full attention on the blue haired beauty in front of her. Why was this person talking to her? More importantly, why is she out here?

The bluenette smiled slightly, plomping down in front of the girl and held her hand out. "I'm Natsuki." She grinned.

The brunette blinked, staring at the hand. 'Ara, after a few words exchanged she tells me her name?' She thought, slowly reaching out to shake Natsuki's hand.

"Shizuru." She stated simply, giving Natsuki a small smile, which left the girl staring for a few seconds, before snapping out of it. She took her arm back, resting it in her lap, and Shizuru did the same.

"So," Natsuki started, "What's with the flowers?" She asked, gesturing to the colourful flowers in between her and Shizuru. She was confused as to why there are picked flowers laying out on the ground, when there are even more of the same ones still attached to the ground all around them.

"Ara," Shizuru started, smiling as she set her gaze upon her precious flowers. "They're for my journal." She smiled, lifting the small book she was reading before up slightly. "I'm collecting them."

Natsuki blinked. "Oh." She stated, looking back down at the flowers. "What types are they?" She asked, curious.

Shizuru giggled at Natsuki's simplicity. It was rather cute to have a curious puppy wondering what you've got. '… Puppy?'

"Well, Natsuki-han," She started, pointing at the yellow flower. "These yellow ones are marigolds." She started.

Natsuki blinked.

"They look pretty." She smiled, before blinking slightly. "They look more of a golden colour to me though." She shrugged, in which Shizuru nodded.

Shizuru then pointed to the white flower. "This white one is a gardenia." She continued, earning a shake of the head from her blue-haired aquaintance.

"No, not white, light silver." She grinned, blushing slightly.

".. Yes." Shizuru nodded slowly, before then pointing to the red one. "The red one is a rose." She sighed. Although she liked the type of the flower very much, she never favoured the colour red.

Natsuki, noticing the distaste on Shizuru's face, interrupted. "Crimson." She blurted, her blush a shade darker.

At this, Shizuru blinked. 'Crinson?' She thought to herself, looking at Natsuki briefly before gazing at the crimson rose before her. She gave a small questioning look to Natsuki, who merely shrugged, blush still in place.

"You just didn't seem to like the colour red much, Shizuru." She pointed out plainly, looking away in embarrassment. "Sorry if I was wrong or anything." She mumbled, sighing.

Shizuru shook her head. "Ara, Natsuki-han wasn't wrong at all," She stated, smiling slightly as she saw Natsuki's face light up at being right. "I do have a distaste for the colour red," She continued, "But... I do quite like the colour crimson." She smiled brightly, which earned a smile back from Natsuki. "Ookini, Natsuki-han."

Natsuki was now blushing fully. A pretty girl just thanked her! "Uh, no problem." She smiled wanly, before nodding. "Continue."

Shizuru nodded back, before pointing to the last flower. "This midnight blue flower-"

"Blue."

Shizuru blinked. "Ara?" She asked.

"I said it's blue, not midnight blue.." Natsuki mumbled, frowning.

Shizuru sighed, "Ara, Natsuki-han, what is wrong?" She asked, "Moments before you were detailing the flowers colours, and now you're stating a plain one to the violet?" She asked, frowning slightly.

Natsuki humphed, turning away slightly as she pouted. "Blue is nothing special..." She mumbled quietly.

Shizuru blinked. And blinked again. "Why, Natsuki-han, midnight blue is very special!" She argued, a small smile playing at her lips.

Natsuki turned back to Shizuru, frown still in place. "Well I don't like it." She pouted, about to look away again... Before the crimson flower was held to Natsuki.

"Then Natsuki-han can have the crimson rose, and I will keep the midnight blue violet." Shizuru stated, a bright smile on her lips as she gazed at Natsuki.

Natsuki blinked, staring at the rose before quietly taking it out from Shizuru's hands and held it to her chest. Her face softened and a look of astonishment was placed upon her face, as well as aa large blush and wide, emerald eyes.

She watched Shizuru as the brunette picked up the midnight blue violet and did the same, but Shizuru had a happy smile on her face.

They both held it to their chest quietly.

"Does that seem like a good enough deal, Natsuki-han?" Shizuru asked, gazing at the bluenette.

"... Yeah..." Natsuki mumbled back. It took her a moment to reply, but only because she was lost in Shizuru's crimson eyes...

-END-

Guess who the crimson rose and midnight blue violet represented? Obvious, really.

Lol, non descriptive much? Oh well. It's one. I had to squeeze this out of my eyeballs for this one.

Ahh, fluffyness. Sorta. Oh, and knowledge on flowers, too! YAY! Most of them were spring flowers. :P

Please, wait for more angst next chappy, because I still have much left to go!

Another shout out to Grawrr as well!

ANYWHOOVES,

REVIEW~! (And, maybe, randomly pm...? I'm hopeful! :3)