A/N: well chapter 7's up! Hope you guys would like this… A little confusing but a rather start… I'll update again ASAP! Swear it won't take long… not longer than a week that is… ^-^ thanks for the reviews and those who liked my story ^-^

Chapter 7: dense

"FUJINO! IS FUJINO HERE?!" A red headed girl yelled.

Shizuru looked at the girl and smiled. "Ara, I'm here Yuuki-san. Do you need any help?"

Nao Yuuki, one of Natsuki's friends, has a pale looking expression on her face and drenched in rainwater. She panted and tried to catch her breath. "Wipe that smile off your face Fujino. I have bad news… Kuga… she's at the hospital!" Nao blurted, making Shizuru's smile to drop and turn to shock.

Shivers went down Shizuru's spine and nervousness filled her heart. "Y-Yuuki-san… that's not a good joke, Natsuki wouldn't… be… In this…" she tried to deny, looking outside the dojo where hard rain poured out. Then it hit her, she remembered what Kanade said before she left. 'Natsuki needs us'. And she somehow remembered that she took a call from Natsuki last night. "8a.m, Fuuka Park, fountain… oh no" She froze and tears ran down her face and her body unconsciously ran out of the dojo. 'Natsuki… please be okay…' she worriedly thought as she made her way towards her car.

Shizuru raced her car to the hospital she heard from Siena. She prayed to God that Natsuki was safe. But her thought got averted when she realized, "How did she knew about Natsuki?" she mumbled while coming to a full stop at the parking lot of the Fuuka hospital. Like Mikoto running for Mai's ramen, Shizuru dashed to the front desk and asked for Natsuki's room. The nurse gave her the room number and again, Shizuru dashed to the said room.

She slowed her pace when she neared the white colored door with the name of 'Natsuki Kuga' written by the name plate. She grabbed the door knob, gently opening it to peek inside. Inside she saw Kanade beside a long white bed together with Kuon and Siena.

"kaichou… she'll be fine. She's Natsuki after all." Kuon said softly, placing a hand on Kanade's shoulder.

"I know Kuon-san, I'm not worried about her physical being." Kanade answered. "Would you like to come in Fujino-san?" she added, without looking at Shizuru.

Shizuru entered the white painted room and walked toward the bed. Shock could be seen in her face as she saw Natsuki lying down on the bed, head and right arm covered in bandages, an IV could be seen by her left wrist and the blunette was sleeping soundly.

"How is she?" Shizuru asked worriedly, slowly walking to Nastuki's left side and traced her finger over the blunette's cheek.

"The doctor said she'll be fine. She only has a high fever and a broken arm, although she might not be able to move her right arm for a few weeks." Siena said sadly.

Shizuru sat at the free space beside Natsuki and caressed Natsuki's cheek. "Natsuki… where were you…" she said, tears now threatening to burst out.

"You know her, Fujino-san?" Koun asked looking curiously at Shizuru's behavior.

Nodding and answer, Shizuru continued to caress Natsuki's cheek. "She's my best friend."

Kanade sighed and sat down by the empty chair beside the long bed. "Koun-san, Siena-san kindly go back to the school and tell Nanaho that I'll be staying here with Natsuki until she's able enough to go back. Take Rein and Sayuri with you and it's an order." Kanade said sadly.

With an understanding smile and slow movement, Siena understood Kanade's words that was filled with concern. "We'll be back tomorrow to bring you a change of clothes kaichou. Please do take care of yourself and Natsuki-san." Siena said with a comforting smile, grabbing Kuon's arm and dragged her outside. "C'mon Kuon-san, we better go."

Silence filled the room. Both girls looked at the sleeping Natsuki with concern in their eyes.

"How did you know her?" Shizuru asked, breaking the silence.

Kanade forced a warm smile and looked at Natsuki. "She's a transfer student… and my bodyguard in the seitokai."

"So she went to Miyagami gakuen… Natsuki… why did you leave me?" she asked the sleeping blunette.

"So that you won't be sad." Kanade answered.

Shizuru looked at kanade with tears in her eyes. She wiped some of the tears away from her crimson orbs and let out a soft sigh. "What do you mean?"

"Before I answer, could you tell me who Natsuki is?" kanade asked seriously.

"She's my best friend…"

"I see… as her 'bestfriend', I guess you should know that she was supposed to see you today."

"I think so… I can't remember since I thought I was dreaming when she called last night."

Kanade closed her eyes for a few seconds and opened them. She gaze at Natsuki's injuries and clutched her fist. "She left Fuuka so that you can be happy."

"But I'm happy with her Jinguuji-san." Shizuru defended.

Letting out a thin smile, Kanade looked at Shizuru. "If you see her hurt, it would make you sad right? That's why she left."

Shizuru was getting irritated at Kanade's non-forward answer. She took a deep breath and tried to remain composed. "You're not making any sense Jinguuji-san." She said softly.

"She likes you… do you know that Fujino-san?"

Shizuru raised her left brow and crossed her arms below her chest. "Yes I know, and I like her too, because she's my best friend."

Kanade sighed and shook her head for a few times. "I like her as well… because she's Natsuki. Natsuki likes you because you're Shizuru." Kanade said, looking at Shizuru straight in the eyes.

"Jinguuji-san you're not making any sense again."

Kanade just smiled. She stood up from Natsuki's bed and walked towards the window. She looked at the falling rain and gently traced her fingers across the cold glass. "Do you know Natsuki loves to draw? Her favorite drawing is a girl in a garden" she said with a soft chuckle.

Shizuru looked at Kanade with a puzzled expression. 'Natsuki draws? I never saw her draw.' She mentally said to herself. "Jinguuji-san, I never saw her draw." She honestly said.

Kanade chuckled a little and beamed a comforting smile to Shizuru. "You have… she told me you saw her drawings and you liked it."

Again Shizuru threw a confused look at Kanade. She was about to open her mouth and say Kanade's name when Kanade wagged her finger. "Call me Kanade, might I call you Shizuru? Too much formality makes one stiff." Kanade asked. Shizuru could only smile and nodded. "kanade, you've must be mistaken, not once did I receive any drawing from Natsuki. The only drawing I receive is from 'K', I mean Reito-kun."

"Reito-kun? Is that the guy whom Sayuri had a kendo match with?" Kanade asked with a perplex look.

"Yes, he's the one who give me drawings and not Nastuki." Shizuru said flatly with a bit of disappointment in her voice.

Kanade placed a finger over her lower lip and still has her puzzled look. "Strange… it's not like Natsuki to lie and even the covert saw her drawing at a parchment paper during meeting or free time. I even saw it." she said out loud.

Shizuru's ears perked up like a puppy that heard a burglar. "W-wait, parchment paper?"

"Yes she draws in a parchment paper Fujino kaichou." someone said from the door.

Both girls look at the person that spoke and saw a busty orange headed girl with a black haired girl beside her.

"ara, it's nice to see you tokiha-san, Mikoto-chan." Shizuru said with a forced smile.

"I heard from Nao what happened to this wolf. Really now, she's just gone for a few days and this happened. I already told Youko-sensei about this." Mai said, scratching the back of her head. She looked around and saw an unfamiliar face. "Oh hello, are you a friend of Natsuki?"

Kanade smiled and bowed her head. "You must be Mai Tokiha, Natsuki told me many things about you and your cooking. And you must be Minagi Mikoto, Natsuki told me you love to eat. I'm Jinguuji Kanade from Miyagami gakuen." Kanade said with an amused look.

"Hello Jinguuji-san!" Mikoto said happily, waving her hands. Mikoto's playful antics made Kanade chuckle a bit.

"So she did go to that school. I hope she's doing fine there, not skipping class I mean. She didn't write to me since she left." Mai said, approaching Natsuki's bed.

Kanade waved her hand sideways. "Oh not at all, she's actually top of the class ever since she came to Miyagami. Although she really runs very fast when fan girls stalk her. The whole seitokai loves to see our bodyguard hide in the meeting room just to hide from them."

A sweat drop from Mai's forehead upon hearing Kanade's information on Natsuki. She just sighed and looked at the injured Natsuki. "Fujino Kaichou, how did she end up here… again?" she asked, putting much pressure on the word 'again'.

"Ara, I'm afraid I don't know the whole detail. But yes, it's AGAIN" Shizuru replied with a grin.

"I take it this is not the first time?" Kanade asked curiously, looking at the two girls who are grinning.

The two girls nodded in unison, making Kanade chuckle a bit. "My, my, our little bodyguard seemed to be a little extreme. I wonder why she doesn't do that in Miyagami." She asked.

"By the way Tokiha-san… what do you mean when you said that Natsuki draws?" Shizuru asked, changing the happy aura into a serious one.

Both Kanade and Mai looked at Shizuru who was now serious. Kanade looked at Mai with a you-should-say-it look and smiled before looking at the window again. Mai just rubbed her temples and heaved a sigh. She gave Mikoto an apple and let the feral girl sit at one of the chairs near the table before looking at Shizuru.

"kaichou, do you know who 'K' is?" Mai asked, starting the serious conversation.

Shizuru nodded an answer and crossed her arms across her waist. "It's Reito-san." She said softly.

Shizuru's answer made Kanade, Mai and Mikoto to look at her in disbelief. "ehh?!" the trio said in unison.

Mikoto laughed hard that she fell off her chair, spitting out the chewed apple from her mouth. Mai laughed as well as she tried to shut Mikoto's mouth from spitting the apple. Kanade on the other hand giggled in a lady-like manner. Shizuru looked at them with perplexed look on her face. "Did I say something funny?" Shizuru asked.

Mikoto, still laughing hard, sat up again at the chair and restrained her laughter before speaking. "Ani-ue can't draw. -Laugh- he draws only stick-people and squiggly lines whenever he tries to copy Natsuki's drawings. But Natsuki draws great! She draws kaichou very well." The feral-girl said happily, bopping her head up and down.

Mai tried hard to stop her laughter, as well as Kanade. It took both girls a few short minutes before the laughter died down with Shizuru still looking confused. Mai wiped the happy tear from the side of her eyes and smiled. "Fujino kaichou, I think all those crazed fan girls had made you dense ever since Natsuki transferred school." Mai jested, making Kanade and Mikoto giggle.

"Look kaichou, I'll be digging my grave when I'm telling you this so keep your mouth shut about this when Natsuki wakes up alright?" Mai said with a bit of fear in her tone. She knew that Natsuki would kill her if the blunette found out that she told Shizuru her secret.

Upon looking at Shizuru nod in response, Mai took a deep breath and gathered her courage to spill Natsuki's secret. "Haven't you noticed that all of the drawings about you are the times when you either have lunch or having to take a rest? EVERYTIME you're with Natsuki that is…" Mai looked at the lying Natsuki and smiled. "That wolf loves to draw whenever you have a meeting. Keeps on saying that it was the best way to kill the time as well as confess." Mai said with a light chuckle.

"Are you saying that Natsuki could be 'K'?" Shziuru asked, having second thoughts of her previous actions.

"Natsuki IS 'K', Fujino-san. The delinquent, Natsuki Kuga knows how to draw as well as write a poem." Mai said softly sighed and looked at Shizuru with sadness. "You know that Natsuki's not the straight forward person when it comes to her feelings, so she decided to let you now in a more secretive way."

What Mai made Shizuru fall silent. Her eyes were slowly dripping down beads of tears as she glances at Natsuki. 'Is that why she asked what I would do if 'K' was a girl?' she asked herself, flushing from the small whimper, closing her eyes tightly.

A pale cold hand with a folded semi-wet handkerchief reached Shizuru's face and wiped the tears away. The crimson eyes slowly opened and saw Natsuki looking at her weakly, her left hand raised to her face. "Nat-suki" she softly said, tears were still in her eyes.

"Why are you crying?" said Natsuki, pretending to be cool. She looked around the room and saw Kanade, Mai and Mikoto looking at her with tears in their eyes. She blinked a few seconds and again looked around her surroundings to find that she has an IV on her left hand and her right was in a cast. "WHAT THE FUCK?! WHERE THE HELL AM I?! AND WHY AM I HERE?!" she yelled, sitting up in a haste.

Her cursing earned her a strong hit in the head by Mai, whom has an annoyed look on her face. The blunette glared at Mai and held her head by her free hand. "What's your problem woman?!" she roared. Mai cracked her knuckles, threatening Natsuki with her actions. "Don't you go cursing around when Mikoto's here! And you had us all worried!" Mai roared back.

This action made Mikoto and Kanade to laugh, as well as the sad Shizuru. Natsuki crossed her arms below her chest and grumbled while her brows are creased. Her grumblings ceased when she saw Kanade slowly walking towards her. Her eyes began to widen and looked down on the white sheeted bed. "S-sorry kaichou…" she mumbled, trying to avoid Kanade's blue eyes.

"My, aren't we a little shy. As long as you're fine and safe, I'm not mad at you Natsuki." Kanade said with a soft sweet tone. The pale violet haired kaichou smiled calmly and reached out her hand to cup Natsuki's chin, gently raised it to face her. Her eyes show concern and care as she slowly closed the distance of her face and Natsuki's, giving the blunette a small kiss on the pale lips.

"K-kaichou?!" Natsuki yelp in shock and a blush at what her kaichou did. Kanade just smiled and puff out a childish laugh, caressing Natsuki's

Mai and Mikoto both looked surprised at what happened and Shizuru on the other hand frozen on her spot. Again Kanade's word hit her like a rock. 'I like her as well… because she's Natsuki'.

'Kanade kissed Natsuki? WHAT?!' Shizuru thought in shock.