A/N: Yes! I finished this chapter before my break was over! So here's the next installment following the cliffhanger if you want to call it that.
On another note, this follows the game somewhat but it's going to deviate, a lot.
Also thanks to lildevilish, Kanna, and Silver Ice Bullet for the reviews. It motivated me to write this chapter rather than procrastinate :)
Disclaimer: I own nothing, Mai HiME and Persona 3 do not belong to me. The only thing I claim is mine is this fanfiction. Any similarities to other stories are pure coincidence.
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Chapter 3: School
"Did you not hear me? Who the hell are you!?" Wild lime green eyes swept the lounge as if searching for more intruders.
Natsuki was stunned as she stared at the red head that still had her gun aimed at the blunette's head.
"Ara, Yuuki-san. Let's not be too hasty now shall we," called out a lilting voice.
Both girls turned their heads toward the newcomer and the red head or Yuuki dropped her gun wielding hand to the side.
The 'newcomer' was an older girl with long flowing chestnut hair. She continued walking towards the duo and fixed her crimson gaze on the so called intruder.
"I didn't think you'd arrive so late. My name is Shizuru Fujino. I'm one of the students who live in this dorm." The soft voice was about to continue until an interruption from the red head came.
"Who's she," was hastily whispered to the older of the two.
Another calm response: "She's a transfer student. It was a last minute decision to assign her here. She'll eventually be moved to a room in one of the other dorms."
The red head pondered this for a moment before asking: "Is it alright for her to be here?"
"I suppose we'll see," Crimson eyes gazed merrily as she noticed the subject of the conversation still staring at them in shock with her mouth wide open. She giggled lightly to herself. How adorable, she looks as if she just saw a ghost. Shizuru proceeded to continue the introductions: "This is Nao Yuuki. She'll be a junior this spring, just like you."
"Uhh…hey…" mumbled out Nao before quickly sheathing the gun in a holder wrapped around her thigh.
This got Natsuki's attention as she finally snapped out of her daze.
I can't believe she tried to shoot me!
"Nice to meet you, I'm Natsuki Kuga."
Oh hell, what am I doing with the pleasantries? I almost got shot dammit!
"...Just wondering…what's with the gun…"
An awkward silence permeated the room as emerald eyes stared back and forth from crimson to lime. A quiet red head just fidgeted nervously in response as she had no idea how to answer that. The oldest was in her signature pose – an arm across her abdomen holding the elbow of the other arm whose finger lingered across her lips.
"I-I-I like guns! Uhh…wait, I meant there were flies so I had to shoot them! Yeah that's it!" exclaimed Nao as a light bulb seemingly went ding inside her head. Too bad this light bulb soon broke after the ridiculous comment.
Luckily for Nao, Shizuru came to the rescue. "Ara…well Kuga-san, you know how it is these days... It's for self-defense. It's not a real gun, of course."
Not a real gun my ass. I know a fake when I see it and that is so not a fake!
"…yeah…I understand…" Natsuki sounded out. She definitely 'understood'.
Not wanting to provoke anymore interrogating questions from the blunette, Shizuru decided to end the interesting night. "It's getting late, so you should get some rest. Your room is on the second floor, at the end of the hallway. Your things should already be there."
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"Here's your room and key. Don't lose it though; Fujino can be pretty scary about stuff like that."
"Thanks," Grasping the key from the red head, Natsuki put her hand on the door knob and began turning before being stopped by a hand on her wrist.
"Sorry," Nao quickly said. She immediately released her hold on the navy hair's wrist. "I…" she began rubbing the back of her head nervously. "I just wanted to say sorry. For earlier you know."
Natsuki blinked. She had certainly not expected an apology when she was delayed from entering her room. Nevertheless, she gave the girl a brief smile.
"No problem, it was just – surprising I guess. By the way…"
"Yes?" prodded the red head. She was relieved that the girl took no offense to her earlier actions…Not that I would care if she did though...God I'm talking to myself again. "Well…" Natsuki trailed off when she noticed the blank stare she was receiving from bright lime eyes. Nao was finally jolted from her reverie and flushed a bit due to her lack of attention.
Not wanting to embarrass herself further she responded curtly: "I don't have all night, what did you want?"
"Sorry," mumbled Natsuki, "I just wanted to know who that kid was."
"What kid?"
"The blonde one," Natsuki could not help but roll her eyes at the red head. Honestly, how can you not know who you're living with?
"There's no one like that here. Hey! Is this supposed to be some joke for earlier? I said I was sorry. Jeez. What more do you want from me?"
Joke? This isn't a joke. I was honestly asking. Sigh. "Never mind then." The navy haired girl turned around once more.
"Wait."
"What?" Natsuki replied harshly. Crap, I sounded like a jerk.
"On the way here…was everything alright?" asked Nao. She had honestly been hesitant about asking but she had to know.
"Yeah, everything was fine."
"I see…well night then."
"Alright, good night Yuuki-san."
"Nao."
"What?"
"Just call me Nao."
"Mm…then, night Nao. Feel free to call me Natsuki."
"Will do Kuga," The red head had a faint smirk on her face when she glanced up to see Natsuki's reaction.
Natsuki simply responded with a light chuckle and headed into her new room. Once the door was closed, the red head whispered: "Night…Natsuki."
Turning around she proceeded to head to her own room.
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A body was slumped over in a heap on the ground like the piles of clothes around and under it. Twitching and turning, it began rolling before hitting the leg of an overturned chair.
"Urgh…" mumbled out the body. It slowly began falling asleep once more before there was a knock at the door.
"Oi, Kuga. You awake yet?"
Groaning, the body or well Natsuki started rising. "Yeah," she responded weakly.
Hearing the other girl's tone, Nao began worrying a bit. Not that she would ever admit it. She quickly opened the door to the room but was stopped by an unknown obstruction. The hell? Shoving the door harder now, Nao stared into the room. "Holy shit!"
Facing the red head was a scene of chaos. Furniture lay all over the place and bits of cardboard and tape littered the room. There were a few suitcases here and there some opened and some not. At the epicenter of this mess was the body of one Natsuki Kuga. Her clothes were the same as the previous night and the blunette's hair lay tangled and covering her face.
Coming up behind the red head was a newcomer, a stranger – at least to the blunette. "Whoa, what happened here Nao?"
Turning around Nao faced the newcomer. "Have no idea. But I don't have time for this. Mind waking the pup for me?"
"Pup?"
"Yeah, I have no idea what else could make a mess like this besides some new puppy that someone just brought home." Without waiting for a further reply the red head walked off while texting on her cell phone.
"Really now, no sense of responsibility at all," staring at the blunette the newcomer began her task of rousing her from her drowsy state.
"Miss Pup, please wake up." Oh that rhymed! The newcomer chuckled to herself. Then again it was not like she could call the occupant of the room by anything else. She had no idea what the sleeping girl's name was.
"Mgh, I'm not a pup," mumbled out the blunette. This brought a laugh to the other girl. "Well if you don't want me calling you that, better wake up and tell me your name.
The girl muttered a few incoherent phrases before making a few more attempts to rise from the pile of clothes she was currently on. After three failed attempts the blunette gave up and just flopped back on to her "mattress".
Giving out a sigh the newcomer decided to use her last resort: "You're going to be late for school."
Natsuki immediately shot up at those words and ended up tripping over one of the straps of a bra lying nearby. Tumbling, she face planted into the hardwood floor but got up once more and let out an exasperated: "Why didn't you say so?" before rushing to get ready.
The newcomer sighed before leaving the room to give the other girl some privacy.
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"So, like what you see so far?" asked Mai.
"Yeah, it's amazing."
After the self-inflicted mad rush of the morning, Natsuki had finally formally met the newcomer while on the train ride to school. The newcomer, otherwise known as Mai Tokiha was a busty orange haired girl with a friendly personality.
Natsuki had found the girl to be pleasant company. And dare she say was perhaps her first friend in this new environment.
The two had been engaged in friendly banter over the condition of Natsuki's room before Mai noticed their location.
"We're almost there. Look, you can see the school now."
The blunette looked to where Mai pointed and all she could do was stare in awe.
Her new school was an immense structure created – at least she thought – to be the most aesthetically pleasing thing around.
The architecture was of a modern style and the buildings were a light color with glistening windows all over them. There were beautiful cherry trees spread about the campus and many other beautiful plants. In what appeared to be the courtyard, was something that resembled a fountain.
As they neared, the blunette could see that the campus was huge. There were many different sections and subsections to the school.
"Welcome to Fuuka Academy Natsuki."
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I was going to write more but this was like the perfect place to stop at, would've been criminal if I didn't. This was short and more of a fluff and fill chapter but I can assure you that more action and guns (drools) are soon to come! :)
Some of the dialogue this chapter followed the game's script so if it sounded familiar to some that is why.
Hmm to all those readers out there, what do you think about the summary – not my full one? Does it make it seem like this is going to be a suicide story or something? I fail at writing short summaries. Treats for anyone who can come up with a decent summary for me :3