Author's Notes: I need to try and organize a time of gaming then writing...
Not just like...gaming all day, then around 4 in the morning decide to write out the next chapter...
Huh.
Apologies for any errors you may or may not encounter. Guess what time I finished writing this.
I'll give you a hint.
Not a time one should actually be awake, dammit.
Disclaimer Look to the left. Then to the right. Then up. Then down. See any inclinations that I own Mai-Hime? No?
Then that's your answer.
Crimson Red and The Ten HiMEs
Chapter 5
Chirp chirp chirp.
The sounds of birds singing happily as they flew by a window. Rays of sunlight beaming downwards, light slowly hitting through the window, into a room, over a sleeping face of a young girl with short orange hair. She let out a soft murmur as her eyes clenched shut tightly, her face was basked in the golden rays of the morning sun. Groggy purple eyes open, blinking repeatedly and groaning in slight annoyance.
"Ughh...the sun is like 150 million kilometer away...yet such perfect aim..." Drowsily, the girl sat up, her noticeable large breasts barely contained within her tank top. Her brow wrinkling down as she noticed an extra weight and looked down to see dark spiky hair on laying on her lap. Arms encircled around her waist giving her a bit of difficulty to move. "Nnghh..." The owner of the dark spiky hair mumbled, getting up for a moment before going back down, snuggling her head between the large chest below her.
The large-breasted girl groaned tiredly as she tried prying off the younger girl off of her. "Mikoto...why did you sneak into my bed again?" She asked the smaller girl, known as Mikoto. Yellow eyes sleepily peeked open, staring back at purple eyes. "Because my pillows aren't as marshmallowy as your chest, Mai..." the younger girl mumbled, a sleepy cat-like smile gracing her face as she let out a small yawn, flopping on the other side of the bed taking the covers with her. The orange-haired girl. known as Mai, sighed as she pulled off the covers, Mikoto whining softly as she covered her face from the harsh sun rays. "Ahhh...I'm melting..."
"Don't exaggerate." Mai chuckled, swinging her legs at the edge of the bed and stretching, moaning in satisfaction as she felt her joints popped and cracked. "Come on, Mikoto. You go wake everyone up and I'll go prepare breakfast."
No reply.
"...I'll even make your favorite ramen."
At the sound of that Mikoto jolted straight up; her eyes wide with excitement, sign of sleep no longer evident in them. "Okay, Mai!" She chirped happily, jumping off the bed and scampering off in all fours out the door. Mai followed the younger girl out to the hallway, bursting in laughter as Mikoto charged into another room, the sounds of a loud thud and screeching following by.
"WAKE UP! NAO! AKANE!"
"GAH! MIKOTO, YOU DAMN BRAT!"
Crash!
"Kyah, Nao! Mikoto! What are you two doing so early in the morning?! Nao?! Nao! Wait! Put down the vase! Kyaaah!"
Shrugging her shoulders, Mai continued going downstairs. Whatever mess that Nao probably made...well, she can clean it up herself.
Mai hummed a soft tune as she passed by the living room, making her way to the kitchen.
Wait a minute...
She backtracked and peeked her head into the living room, looking at another orange-haired girl sleeping on the couch, a book covering her face as she let out a snore. "Midori-san?" She walked over to the couch and took the book off Midori's sleeping face. Her brow furrowed at the sight of drool making its way down the other woman's chin. "Midori-san! Wake up!"
"Hagah!" Midori jolted up, wiping the drool off her chin. "No, I didn't eat the last pudding! It was Yukino!"
"Oh? You mean the empty pudding sitting on the coffee table?" Mai asked with her eyebrow raised, foot tapping, while pointing at said empty pudding that was indeed sitting on the coffee table next to the couch. "What were you doing sleeping on the couch, Midori-san?"
"Oh god...hold on a sec. My brain feels like I been sitting through Yukariko's preaching about something I don't really care about..." The woman on the couch groaned slightly, holding her head in pain. Midori flopped back onto the couch letting out a long yawn, still rubbing her temples as to ease the throbbing. "Ahhhh...well, last night I decided to go out to test a new invention I made. I call it the animal repellent whistle."
She held out a long thin whistle for Mai to see. "It makes a really high-pitched frequency sound that completely repels animals. No more problems with wolves and foxes for farmers!" She blew on the whistle as if to show an example.
"...I don't hear anyt-"
"OWOWOWOWOWOW!" The sound up Mikoto's yelping in pain from upstairs caused Mai's head to snap up.
A loud crashing and thudding sound followed by.
"Mikoto?! Are you alright?!" Mai yelled out.
She looked back at Midori with a glare who only grinned back sheepishly. "Eh...it WAS suppose to work only on animals...humans can't really hear it...usually."
"That doesn't explain why you were knocked out on the couch..."
Leaning back on the couch and twirling the whistle between her fingers, Midori let out another yawn. "You know...I don't remember."
Mai deadpanned. "...What?"
"Nao, check. Akane, check. Shiho, check. Yukino, check!" Mikoto skipped down the hallway, mentally checking off the list of her roommates that she have already woken up, rubbing her ear as she tried to rid the strange buzzing sound that lingered.
"Akira, Fumi, and Yukariko are already up and gone though...so last, but not least is Midori!" She opened the door to the room belonging to Midori and ran inside, jumping on the bed on top of the person who was sleeping on it. "Mi-do-ri! Wa-ke up!"
"Ack!"
'Eh?'
Something didn't feel right to Mikoto...
Hmm...
She snuggled her head against the breasts before her. Yup, Midori's breasts definitely felt a little different.
"A-ara? Um...can I help you?"
"And she suddenly have an accent too." Mikoto mumbled looking up, yellow eyes meeting crimson red eyes. Mikoto stared at the hauntingly beautiful red eyes then at the goddess like face that was curtained by honey colored hair.
A few minutes passed by as Mikoto stared at the woman before her.
"..."
"...Um..."
"You're not Midori!" She jumped back, hissing and crouching down ready to attack like a cat. "Mikoto!" Mai ran into the room, Midori following close by.
Bouncing off the bed, the cat-like girl quickly hid behind Mai while keeping a wary eye on Shizuru. "Mai! There's a pretty goddess person sleeping on Midori's bed! It's weird because goddesses should only show themselves to good people! Not to Midori!"
"Hey...I am good. I am HiME Ranger Pink, dammit. Hero of justice an-"
"Quiet for a moment, Pink." Mai said putting a hand up in front of Midori's face, successfully halting her words.
"Ara...sorry for the intrusion." Shizuru apologized, hoping to at least get rid of some of the awkward tension. "Oh no. It's fine." Mai said waving her hands in front of her. "It's Midori's fault for not alerting us of this earlier."
"Oh! Oh oh oh! I vaguely remember! We came back like around...four in the morning."
Mai sent a glare at the other woman, causing her to look away and whistling. "WHAT were you doing out that late?"
"Testing my whistle. I already told you that. Well...that's as far as I can remember during that moment."
Mai pinched the bridge of her nose, her brow wrinkling down. "Children. I'm surrounded by children. I need to set up a curfew now!" She frowned. "Great. Just great. First we got Nao robbing bandits, Shiho gushing about some dream man, and now this."
"Mai...I'm hungry." Mikoto whined softly, tugging on the hem of Mai's tank top. "Not now, Mikoto."
Gruuuuuuuumble...
Everyone paused and looked at the girl seated on the bed, blushing slightly with her hand over her stomach. "Kannin na..." she mumbled. "I have yet to actually eaten anything at all either..."
The large-chested orange-haired girl let out a sigh, a smile appearing on her face. "Alright then. Get up and get ready then. You can join us for breakfast." She paused for a bit. "You can properly introduce yourself to us then." She dragged both Mikoto and Midori out of the room. "Breakfast will be ready in a moment. So just come downstairs whenever you're ready."
Mai paused again in the hallway just outside of the room and popped her head back in, "Oh, and I'm Tokiha Mai by the way. Nice to meet you." she said and left the room.
Left alone in the room, Shizuru looked around. The floor was cluttered with many items and tools she have never before seen in her life. The walls painted a simple light blue color that really put one at ease. Over at the corner of the room sat a desk with many stacks of paper with various of doodles and drawings of sorts, a large amount of crumpled paper making a pile in and around the trashcan.
Shizuru let out a slight moan as she stretched and got off the bed, being careful not to trip over the various devices on the floor. She made her way to another door that lead to a bathroom and washed her face at the sink. Looking at her reflection, she couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.
Goddess as that child have said?
In what world?
Her hair was a bit untamed at the moment and her eyes slightly puffy and more red...possibly from all the crying she have done during the night.
She let out a shrug and continue splashing water into her face, feeling herself slowly rejuvenate.
'It is not good to keep my hosts waiting...'
"And and and then...and then there was a goddess on Midori's bed!" Mikoto flailed her hands, her eyes wide with excitement. Sitting on the couch, nodding lazily was a red-haired girl with emerald eyes that only snorted at the obviously exaggerated story.
"Yeah. And the tooth fairy visited me and gave me this diamond gem she got as a gift from the Easter Bunny."
"...Why would the tooth fairy re-gift a gift, Nao?"
Yuuki Nao let out a scowl and turned her head, ignoring the smaller girl now. "So freakin naive, it hurts..."
In the kitchen, Mai sighed as she prepared the noodles with precise and ease. Midori seated on the chair, her head lying on the table, arms resting on top. The bustier HiME let out another disapproving sigh, pouring the noodles into a bowl following by with steamy hot broth that filled the kitchen air with it's scent.
"You truly expect me to believe you were DRUNK during the whole time?" she asked disbelief covering her face.
"Isn't it more unbelievable if she's ever sober?" Nao's voice asked sarcastically from the living room. "Midori is always drunk."
"Hey! I'm always drunk...off of justice!"
Now this is why they don't let Midori go watch those Sentai puppet shows anymore.
Shaking her head, Mai prepared another bowl for their new guest. Already being informed of the other HiMEs that have left early, which was no surprise due to them usually being early risers and leaving for work.
Or something...
Honestly...she was not too sure what was the jobs of one of them. Something about hidden secrets? She never bothered to delve into any topic the other HiMEs did not feel like revealing. If one did not want to continue with the topic then the other will not pursue it. Unless it endangers the other HiMEs, of course.
She placed the bowls on the table, one in front of Midori. "Alright, everyone. Food's ready!"
By the time she finished her sentence, a blur zoomed by, taking a seat and slurping up the ramen before her. "Mai's ramen! Delicious!" Mikoto purred in between slurps. Nao slowly strolled in, a look of indifference as she sat in her seat far away from Mikoto. All the HiMEs knew that one must never sit next to Mikoto unless you wanted spew of ramen and broth in your face.
Three more girls walked in, all looking a tad groggy. A light brown haired girl with hime cut bangs tied in a short ponytail took her seat next to Nao, her roommate. Higurashi Akane yawned sleepily, blowing at the steam before slowly slurping her ramen. "Seriously Nao...why did you left me to clean up after you threw the vase?"
Nao twirled the chopsticks in her fingers, dipping it in the bowl and scooping up some noodles. "Call it even after all the mushy gushy talk about whathisface. I swear I get itchy just thinking about it. Oh crap. It's starting now." She said scratching at her shoulder, Akane blushing bright red.
"I-It's Kazuya-kun! And I was just saying how sweet he was when he-"
"Itchy!"
A pink haired girl with four twin-tailed blanched, her face consorted in annoyance in an obvious show of jealousy. She let out a snort, seating herself across Akane and giving her a glare. "There's no way your relationship with that guy is going to last." She muttered loud enough for the other HiMEs to hear as she slurped her noodles. Akane glared back at the other girl.
"Shiho is just cranky 'cause that Ta-whatever his face is, ignored her." Nao whispered.
The twintailed girl, Munakata Shiho slammed her palms on the table, glaring angrily at Nao. "It's TATE, you ignorant shovel!"
"I think the word you're looking for is "hoe", Shiho-chan..." Midori mumbled, rubbing her temples.
The young red-brown slightly messy haired girl adjusted her glasses letting out a soft sigh, "Please calm down, Shiho. Just try and ignore Nao's taunting and just eat." She spoke in a small mousy voice. The girl was Kikukawa Yukino. A small-voiced mousy HiME who disliked the loud outburst of the others so early in the morning.
Honestly. It was always such a headache.
Looking at the girl with glasses then back at the infuriating red-headed girl, Shiho sat back down on her seat, noisily slurping her noodles in utter annoyance. "I'll let you slide this time, you stupid slug."
"...Think she meant slut." Midori mumbled.
"Hey. I don't put out, okay?" Nao glared at Midori, going back to her own food, "So where's this "goddess" now, Mikoto?" She asked slurping the noodles and flicking little bonito flakes at Shiho's hair when the other girl wasn't looking.
She picked up half an egg and was about to put it in her mouth when she paused. Staring ahead at the woman that stood at the entryway of the kitchen. Beautiful tresses of chestnut golden hair, framing a equally beautiful face with red ruby colored eyes that seemed to shine. Nao let her eyes wander up and down the woman before her, taking in the the view of the perfectly sculpted body.
"Nao. Pick your mouth back up from the table." Mai chuckled causing the other red-head to snap her mouth shut. Mikoto wasn't kidding about the goddess apparently.
"Ara...kannin na. I wasn't sure which way to head to for a moment..." Sweet accented voice filled the air.
Yukino looked at the woman intrigued. The accent was pretty rare around these parts. Not to mention the eyes too! Not many had those type of eye colors. Was it perhaps in the family genes?
Mai gestured for the goddess like woman to take a seat and placed a bowl of ramen in front of her. Her red eyes lit up in happiness as she took a bit of the noodle and, somehow, elegantly slurped up the ramen with refined elegance. "Would you like anything to drink...um..."
She paused, realizing she was forgetting her manners, and placed the chopsticks back on the bowl, sitting up straight. "Kannin na. I have forgotten my manners. My name is..." Another pause for a moment lingered in the air. "You may call me Crimson, Midori-han gave me the name last night."
Everyone looked at Midori who only stared in the air blankly. "I did what now?"
'That drunkard...picking up a girl, giving her a name? What is she? A stray dog?'
Author's Blabbering/Rant: I'm just gonna end it here. Why? Because I can.
Oh god...this is why I dislike adding too many characters in a scene. Just all of those and I felt like I kinda made some of them disappear like "Akariii-n!"
Crap, damn, Omg...though now I think I'm losing track about the chapters. I'm being forced to rearrange certain chapters. This was originally suppose to probably have like...maybe 8 chapters or so. But because of how I ended up adding some little story part that wasn't originally in the draft I had to move up some chapters.
Eh. Oh well.
Hopefully you guys don't get annoyed by my repetitive pointing out about how drop-dead gorgeous Shizuru is.
Becausesheis*shot*
And I was thinking after my previous chapters...there is a character I truly don't like in Mai-Hime.
Tate.
Not just because he's a male character and threatens my Yuri vision. But because of his character personality overall.
Typical perverted jerk that does a nice act once in awhile. But seriously. He's just terrible.
Throughout the series what he pretty much does is string along the girls, not even bother to try and clear up any misunderstanding. Yeah yeah. I know he was trying to be nice and not wanting to hurt Shiho's feelings and all that, but honestly...to me...that's more of a jerkwad move to make. It only ended up hurting both girls even more. Idiot...
Him "saving" Mai at the end of the series did not redeem himself at all in my eyes...
Goddammit. I swear Sunrise should at least work on character development more. THAR BE NONE IN THE SHOWS. Sometimes I felt that Shizuru and Natsuki's character are a bit shaky too...
Ahem...sorry about that. Just wanted to throw that out.
What role should I give Tate now? Besides him being the usual Shiho dream man thing...I haven't really planned an actual role for him just yet...
I'll come up with something. If not...I'll just pull something outta my ass.
That's the end of this blabbering/rant(I assure you that is the last time I rant about the incompetence of actual character traits fans would actually like in another character). Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Drop a review if you liked it or if I made a mistake somewhere.
RRWhitey signing out!