A/N: Please review! And I'm glad that people are liking the story.
Disclaimer: I own the idea and that's basically it.
By the light of the moon
Mai was being dragged to the library by her best friend and servant, Marie.
"Wait, Marie! Who is the guy? Why do you like him? Have you talked to him before?" Mai asked question after question but Marie refused to give her an answer.
"I'll show him to you." She said and pulled her into the large doors that held the library.
From floor to ceiling were books, books, and more books. Millions of volumes of dictionaries and encyclopedias as well as fictional books that took you on an adventure or found your true love. Leather bound books as well as just paper bound by string. It was said that the Taniyama library was the one of the best in the world.
"This place is huge. How will we find him?" Mai pointed out and Marie held a finger to her lips.
"I know where he studies." She said.
"Oh, so he's a scholar?" Mai asked but was replied with silence and a tug on the sleeve. Marie pulled Mai through the maze of books to a far, dark corner in the back. Small lamps sat in special holders to keep the library from going up in flames. A lamp was lit in on a desk and a boy sat there with his back to the girls.
"Ok, his name I'm not sure about but he is really good-looking. I wish I had the courage to talk to him but that's why I brought you here!" Marie accidentally said the last bit a little louder than library level.
"If all you're here to do is talk, then leave." A cold voice came from the corner and the girls looked to see a very handsome boy glaring at them.
"S-Sorry... um..." Mai trailed off, wanting to know his name. The boy sighed and looked back at his book.
"Shibuya. Shibuya Kazuya." He muttered and Mai grinned in triumph. She knew his name.
"I'm sorry for disturbing you Kazuya. I shall take my leave. Come, Marie." Mai said and started to leave.
"B-But Lady Mai! Uh..." Marie started but a crash stopped her from trying to convince Mai to stay and watch Kazuya more.
"Lady Mai? You're the princess?!" Kazuya had knocked over his chair in his haste to stand. He studied Mai with a well-trained eye.
"Yes, I am. Is there something wrong?" Mai replied, standing straight and tall. She tried to match the intensity of Kazuya's stare.
"..." He just continued looking at her.
"You might have good looks abut that's about it." Mai said quietly to herself. She didn't like being ignored.
"...You have good taste in men." Kazuya said with a smirk and Mai felt her face heat up.
"Humph!" And she left the library red-faced and angry. "What a total jerk! What a... narcissist! I'm calling him Naru from now on!" Mai declared in her anger and Marie started laughing.
The two girls walked, laughing, back to Mai's large room.
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"Excuse me? Hello?" Mai turned her head at the sound of her door opening. It was Lady Ayako.
"Yes? Lady Ayako, may I help you?" Mai asked and stood up from her stop. She and Marie were relaxing with a cup of tea.
"Yes, you see, my Lady, some of my things have gone missing." Ayako addressed Mai formally and Mai thought there was something deeper.
"You can tell me anything, you know. Let's be friends... Ayako." Mai said addressing her with familiarity and a bright smile. Ayako blushed.
"You are one adorable princess. I got a note that said if I don't treat you with more respect the, um, belongings that they took would be placed where everyone can see them." Ayako explained and her cheeks flushed with color again.
"And those belongings are...? No, wait, let me guess. Your undergarments." Mai said, not wishing to place her new friend in an uncomfortable position.
"..." Ayako nodded after a moment's hesitation. No one noticed the dark look in Marie's eyes.
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"Erm... Lady Mai? I have a problem." This time it was Lord Houshou who was knocking on Mai's door and disturbing her tea.
"Yes, what is it? No, wait, let me guess. Your undergarments were stolen and there was a note saying to be more polite to me?" Mai asked acting all happy and chipper but inside was worried.
"Uh, actually... yes, my Lady. How did you...?" He asked and Mai smiled and stepped aside to show Ayako sitting at her tea table.
"The very same thing happened to me. How odd..." Ayako frowned into her cup of warm brown liquid. Houshou entered Mai's room to hear the whole story.
"I have no idea what could have caused this. If I find out who did this I will have them fired." Mai said determinedly. A look of horror passed over Marie's face before she quickly stood up and ran from the room.
"M-Marie?!" Mai yelled and started to run after her but was held back by Ayako.
"Did you see her face? She looked scared when you said that you'd fire the culprit. Hey, wasn't she there when I talked to you this morning?" Ayako asked after a pause.
"And then she was there when I talked to Lord Houshou. She was hiding, I think." Mai said and added in after seeing Houshou's confused face.
"Maybe you should talk to her..." Ayako said, knowing that the servant girl was a good friend of Mai. Houshou nodded.
"A-Alright. Maybe she went to her room. Or the library..." Mai said softly, trying to deny the fact that her best friend had done those misdeeds. She walked out of her room and on a spur-of-the-moment decision, walked towards the library.
"Marie?" She whispered as she walked among the aisles of books. Marie was no where in sight.
"Why must you disturb the peace of the library two times in one day?" A snide voice asked Mai from behind. She turned around and saw Naru (a.k.a. Kazuya) behind her.
"Have you seen Marie?" She asked desperately. Naru shook his head.
"No. I don't really 'see' anyone." He said and looked away from her. Mai was overcome with a feeling she didn't understand. Was it... sadness?
"You see me, don't you? I'll be your friend!" Mai shouted on an impulse. The library quieted. (The library was open to the public, even though it was located in the castle)
"You better keep your word." Naru said before turning and disappearing among the books.
'Oh what did I get myself into...?' Mai asked herself and went to a window to cool her flaming cheeks. She then noticed the staring people and realized that she could take advantage of the attention.
"I'm sorry but have any of you seen a girl about my age with light brown hair and big blue eyes and she's wearing a maid outfit." Mai described Marie and everyone shook their heads. Mai sighed and left the library, trying not to think about a certain dark-haired boy.
"L-Lady Mai?" Ayako appeared and pulled Mai aside and made her sit in one of the library chairs.
"We found Marie. She jumped off her balcony. I'm sorry, but she's dead."
A/N: (Gasp!) What a plot twist in only the second chapter?! Haha, maybe this will bring in more reviews... (I mean, over 80 views but only 3 reviews? Wow, you people are... dare, I say it, pathetic.)