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Chapter 6

"Master," echoed the young woman's voice across the pinch black briefing room.

"You may enter," replied the dark figure from his chair.

With that the fiery haired girl walked from the door to her master. His hands were relaxed on the table as he sipped some tea. She placed her hands delicately on his shoulders as she began to speak seductively.

"I did as you ordered. Now maybe we can talk about something worthwhile like…oh…a raise in status?"

The figure let out a quiet laugh.

"So forward, aren't we? I suppose a spot up on my list wouldn't be of any interest to you?"

The young succubus grinned, this was a more than welcome reward.

"A spot up eh? Honestly master I detect a bit of desperateness. An entire spot up for just playing around like that? It was more then easy making those illegals bleed. Not to mention fun"

The man chuckled once more.

"It looks as though you've caught me. True, it is important that I am the one to gain power from stopping those barbarians from entering our country. Perhaps being the one to solve this problem will finally make the government bend to my will. But remember my Senshi if I gain power so do you."

"And I will be at the top of your list?"

He grinned

"You're on your way."

The girl came up from behind him and proceeded to put her hands on his chest and rubbed it provocatively. Her master ether ignored this or was too busy reviewing his plans. She stopped at the lack of response.

"Meanie," she frowned as he handed her a paper.

"This is your next target, he is a well regarded Xeres representative who might stop this war from happening."

He then rested his hand under his chin and looked at his Senshi.

"And we don't want that happening now do we."

She smiled at the paper as she exited the room.

"More fun for me."

Just as she was about to exit he said one last sentence.

"And remember no getting caught, Nao Yuuki."

She looked back with her moss green eyes.

"Have I ever?"

"GET AWAY FROM ME YOU PERVERT!" Screamed Mai as she hid behind the bathroom door.

"PLEASE IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THAT! You were soaked and I had to-"

"DON'T GIVE ME THAT! YOU WERE TAKING OFF MY SHIRT! RAPIST!"

"AM NOT!"

"YES YOU ARE!"

Suddenly Tate lost his temper.

"OH PLEASE LIKE I'D EVER WANT TO RAPE YOU!"

In rage Mai opened the door to the bathroom and threw a lamp right at him, hitting him between the eyes.

"YYOOOOOWWWWW!" Tate screeched as he held his head and fell to the floor.

He felt surprised by a feeling of wet heat on his nasal passages, he put down his hand only to discover a mass amount of blood. A thick river of it started to pour down his face. Mai, shocked at what she had done ran out of bathroom despite the fact she was only in her bra and underwear. She grabbed a towel from the bathroom and threw it at him.

A few minutes later Mai was in a bathrobe while she sat with Tate on the couches she had been unconscious on. His face was covered by a large bag of ice. Mai proceeded to speak.

"I'm really sorry about that," she apologized, while giving him a sheepish smile.

"Well you have a really good arm," he replied almost laughing about the incident.

More awkward silence continued, Tate felt urged to speak.

"So why were you sleeping in some ally? You know that's no place for a nap. Were you drunk or something?"

"Heck no!" Mai hissed.

She then looked down with a sad expression.

Tate sensed things were not going well in the young woman's life.

"So, were do you live?" He asked gently.

Suddenly Mai stood up. In a rush she bowed to him and headed to the door. In the hallway she cried out.

"Thank you for your hospitality sir. It was a pleasure to meet you!"

"But…the…you…" was all Tate could mutter before Mai slammed the door behind her.

'I never even learned her name.'

Mai run off the large estate and headed for the town, though she had no idea where she was going. She stopped after she exited the large gate. Looking up at the mansion, she remembered home and all the comforts of having one. What would be home now? Suddenly she coughed into her hands. It was still raining quit hard and by no means was she fully recovered from the fainting incident, though definitely better. As she coughed she thought about the young man she had just meet. Maybe he would have offered her a place to stay, or even a job. He was obviously rich enough. She shook her head at those hopeful thoughts.

'I just can't take the risk of him finding out I'm illegal'

And with that Mai stumbled down the road to her new life.

Natsuki awoke around noon. Her sickness was finally over. Sitting up, she looked around her master bedroom, which she was too ill to notice before. It was pretty yet slightly gaudy for the Senshi's taste. A porcelain lamp sat beside her large bed. In the corner an ivory wardrobe towered above the rest of the furniture. The windows were dressed in white drapes. Actually Natsuki would be more comfortable in her old one room trailer filled to the brim with empty mayonnaise jars.

'Yum mayonnaise,' it was a nice thought

Still quite sleepy Natsuki was contemplating lying down and going beck to sleep when all at once she remembered.

"That woman!"

The memory that woman from the night before somehow disturbed Natsuki. With her kindness, beauty and charm, it seemed very dream-like. Maybe she was a dream. Maybe this whole place was a dream. Immediately Natsuki shot out of bed and began to rummage though the wardrobe.

"All my stuff is here!" Growled Natsuki. If there was one thing that annoyed her it was being served in this manner. After huffing and stomping around like an upset child, she turned her attention to the bathroom and decided to take a shower.

She quickly undressed and tried turning the shower knob. Natsuki obviously didn't know her new strength as the knob fell to the floor with a loud clank.

'Geez, this power really is something. I guess I'll have to be much more careful.'

She then picked up the knob and continued with her shower.

After finishing in the bathroom and getting dressed, Natsuki looked outside her window. The estate of her sponsor was vast. The mansion was right next to the ocean. Its gentle breeze flowed though Natsuki's long hair. A maze stretched from her window to a faraway gate. Natsuki already knew this was going to take a while to get used to.

Someone knocked on her door.

"Come in," said Natsuki

A young maid came in with a tray.

She said nothing but sat the tray on Natsuki's nightstand. She then bowed and left.

On the tray were fruit, some sort of fancy oatmeal and juice. Natsuki did not realize how hungry she was and began wolfing everything down. After wiping her face she noticed an envelope with her name on it. She opened it.

Natsuki,

Please keep up your strength and eat for me. After that you should perfect your powers on the course I made especially for you.

-Shizuru

"I'll eat for myself," scoffed Natsuki as she took a bite out of her apple. The course did excite her however, as she was anxious to try out her new Senshi powers.

She finished breakfast and then left her room. Now it was time for some real fun

-please review-

Sorry it wasn't a very exciting chapter, but it had to be done. Thank you all for your encouragement. I will defiantly update waaaaay more often. I will try to throw in some ShizNaty goodness next chapter.