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DISCLAIMER:i do not own Mai him or Mai otome they all belong to sunrise i make an extra trip to my last stories EVERYTIME to copy and paste this and legends.....*sigh*

Now for the legends in the story:

**=thoughts of the character because I am using Microsoft word2007 and I don't know if my italic words will be saved in the same format (Now i know it DOES save in the same format BUT i still wanna keep it ^^)

the line that is grayish = after a period of time

---------- = something that is happening at the SAME time the next scene happens

QUOTE from story: "She continued walking till she had reached the campus, it was where the year ones had their lessons. If she were to go to the right side of the campus, it would be the her classroom." From this I mean that she'll have to either take the way Natsuki had taken to the study area OR she would have to circle the campus

(The study area where Shizuru and Natsuki met is at the year three side, that is why Ntsuki had walked such a long way. If she had turned LEFT, it would be the year 2's area.)

CHAPTER 7-RUMOUR

"What the fuck!?!" Natsuki shouted.

"I was only trying to give my room mate a jumpstart for her second day of school" Nao claimed with her signature smirk on her face.

"Yea right! By throwing a whole pail of ice cold water on her face!?" Natsuki replied sarcastically, sweeping off the little bits of ice on her pajamas

"Aww, come on, I prepared the freezing the water since yesterday morning to make sure it would wake you up properly, is that not tender loving care?"

Natsuki scowled, arguing with her room mate never turned out good and she didn't want any other precious item of hers to be confiscated again.

"Well I could have came up with something warmer, but I wanted it to sting…at least it's better than throwing a spider on you or smacking your face with a hot pan right?"

"…"

Natsuki simply ignored Nao's comment, not wanting to know that Nao could even think of something that might kill her…let alone do it to her.

Natsuki turned on the shower and heated the water up, not wanting to have her usual ice cold bath when she already had one with actual ice in it.

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Shizuru came out of her dormitory and was greeted by a shouting Haruka

"Bubuzuke onna! Do you have any idea what time it is now? Just because we have the privilege of staying in a dormitory by ourselves does not mean that you have no one to answer too when you wakeup late!"

"Ara ara, does Haruka-chan enjoy waking me up so much every morning that she misses her job?"Shizuru answered with her usual calm demeanor and smile.

"I so do not! And besides it's only the second day of school and you're already late!"

"Looks like Haruka-chan's language wise statistics have improved greatly since last year, yes? You haven't made a single mistake in two sentences"

"Shut up".

"Ookini Haruka-chan"

"Baka! You're not supposed to say that when somebody asks you to shut up, idiot!"Haruka shouted.

"Ok, let's go to school before we are really late ok?"

"Isn't that what I have been talking about?!"

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Natsuki was in school early so as to avoid any more confrontations with that horrible room mate.

She was on the way to her classroom when she saw a few students staring at her and glared at them.

"Watcha lookin at?" She barked, confident they would turn away.

But instead they stared at her more, their eyes filled with curiosity as though she was some animal at the zoo.

She decided to let them off so as to not ruin her own morning…again and walked to her classroom.

There she saw Chie and Aoi grinning at her from their respective tables. They seemed to be like best friends after just meeting for a day.

*Weird…so friggin' weird*

She raised her eyebrows at them and then sat down at her seat beside the window.

*I guess whatever friend Mai can be with is weird…EXCEPT for…me*

*and the Kaicho* Natsuki added after awhile, confused at why she felt it was important that the Kaicho HAD to be mentioned.

She set in silence and let her mind wonder over the recent things that had plagued her interest.

*I wonder if there is some kind of transport from this side of the river to that side…I mean why the heck would they want their students to walk out of the school, walk a kilometer, into the other school and THEN walk to the campus to reach the year 4's campus?...or maybe they do…I mean this school is literally crazy…I bet the principal and council committee are people who can get along with Mai well, crazy people in general…except…arghhh! Stop thinking of her* Natsuki thought as she stared at the river cutting the two school campuses from her high point in the class room.

Natsuki saw a few other girls enter the class and stare at her like how Chie, Aoi and those students in the student lounge stare at her.*Oh great, now the entire class is staring at me… Yea…just another crazy school* She said as she ignored the few people and decided to not glare at them since they didn't seem like they were going to do harm*

*Yesterday…night…what was that?...before I had slept…I can almost swear I had a dream…but what was it?...it's as though my subconscious side is telling me that the dream was important..i cant remember any image but…I think…*

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FLASHBACK:The only thing Natsuki could remember
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…the footsteps of a kid running towards her..

And she had felt something bump into her

She felt something soft on the material that she felt to be a waterproof raincoat.

"Shi"

A weird warm sensation spread through her body

"zuru"

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End of flashback
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*What the hell…you got to be kidding…I even dream of her in my sleep?!? That crazy! Being in this school makes me go crazy*Natsuki though her face becoming flushed with the irritance of not being able to get that girl out of her mind.

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Haruka made her way to the back end of the dormitories and headed for the front gate of her school.

*Ara…walking by the front gate route will be troublesome, I'll have to work faster since I need to walk around a quarter of the school to make it to my class…and that would also mean that I MIGHT meet some crazy fans…this seems like it's going to be a bit troublesome*

But Shizuru followed Haruka nevertheless since Haruka had wanted to walk her to school like they had used to when they were room mates. Haruka had always walked by the front gate all the time as Yukino had always had her breakfast there.

"Shizuru, what do you think of the year ones this year? They seem like a pretty nice batch, with all those unique characters and preferences". Haruka commented when she saw a few students run pass her like little children.

*Ara, if Haruka had not gave me a morning wake up call I would have slept in. Looks like that girl made me think of her so much I couldn't sleep. Natsu-ki… you seem so familiar…and you make me feel so…*

"Oi! Bubuzuke! You listening?" Haruka snapped, pulling Shizuru out of her thoughts.

"Yes Haruka?"

"I'm asking for opinions here!"

"I would have to agree with you on this matter Haruka-chan" Shizuru gave a slight nod to show Haruka she was paying attention.

"Good!" She said before going off into Yukino's direction.

*Ara that was close, It's lucky Haruka's wanted answer to most her questions are agreement statements*

Shizuru noticed a few of her fans staring at her, some of which even drooling. But Shizuru noticed that the way some others stared at her was different from the usual way they stared.

*Did some gossip about me pass around while my absence in school? *

She ignored the stares and continued walking till she had reached the campus, it was where the year ones had their lessons. If she were to go to the right side of the campus where the back gate was located, it would be her classroom.

*Ara, since I am already here….why not go meet Natsuki?*

*and…my buddy..* She added as a reason for her to go there to meet some one she had an acceptable reason to meet.

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"Natsuki?" came Mai's voice.

"H-huh? Yea?" Natsuki said, jolted from her thoughts about how to steal that piece of her 'collection' back.

"Are you okay? You seem…sick."Mai reached her hand out to touch Natsuki's forehead

"No I am NOT!"Natsuki protested and hit Mai's hand away before it could touch her head.

"But you seem so flushed and your face is slightly redder then your usual face colour, are you sure you're OK?"

"Yes!" Natsuki assured.

Chie and Aoi came from behind Mai, daring to approach Natsuki while her 'trainer' was there.

"Of course she's not okay!" Chie exclaimed, testing the waters.

Suddenly the whole class had gone quiet from a new entity in the class. But the four girls were too into the conversation to notice.

"Why not?" Mai asked, her worried look back on her face.

Seeing no big reaction in Natsuki, she continued(still with the attention of the whole class)"Because she's love sick!"

"What the hell?!? LOVE SICK?!" Natsuki shouted and stood up, glaring at everyone to make them stop staring.

"Love sick?" Mai simply echoed, her face written with shock.

"Precisely" Chie voiced softly, afraid that Natsuki might bash her up for saying something like that.

"Why the hell would I be love sick?!" Natsuki spat.

"Well…there HAS been come rumours going around EVERYONE knows!…but the way you have been acting made me conform it.

"Rumors?" Natsuki looked up, demanding for Chie to answer.

"W-well….about you and…"

"Who?"

Mai turned pale* Don't tell me those two girls the other day had not believed their explanation and….*

"Kaicho" Aoi finished for Chie.

"K-KAICHO?!?" Natsuki shouted.

"Yea" came Chie's affirmation.

"You gotta be kiddin why the hell would I even like her if I didn't know her?" Natsuki lied, deciding that it would be best to just get the thing over with one white lie.

"Don't deny it Kruger, the two main reporters of the newsletter 'club' said they saw you and Kaicho in the counseling room yesterday in a rather…interesting position…and they never lie" Chie added with a wink.

"Although, I didn't think that Natsuki would be someone who could even tame the Kaicho of the school" Chie whispered.

"I have nothing to do with her god damnit! I just FELL!" Natsuki blushed from remembering the scene.

Chie flipped out her phone and took a picture of Natsuki."The Lone Wolf is blushing!" She exclaimed.

Aoi smiled a smile similar to Chie's "If you're blushing means you're admitting that you DID do it and you lied about not knowing the Kaicho…P.I Harada, we've got some news here.." Chie chuckled at the term Aoi has used.

"HECK! YES I DO KNOW THE KAICHO, BUT SO WHAT? AND I'm blushing because I remember the position we were in and NOT because I love her! For god sa-"Natsuki said before realizing her words.

"You mean you were in such a situation that it could even make, you, the ice princess blush?" Chie said with a tone of excitement.

Before Chie could make things worse, a Kyoto-ben accent was heard from behind her.

"Ara ara, I never knew Natsuki had such nicknames before…why didn't she tell me?" Shizuru said from behind Chie.

*Looks like the Kaicho had sneaked behind us before we noticed…shit…and now we can't question Natsuki anymore….WAIT….did I just hear…Natsuki? The Kaicho called Natsuki by her first name? clue no. 2, heh…*was Chie and Aoi's similar thoughts.

*Natsuki was so cute when she said that…..* Shizuru gave Natsuki a smile before continuing" Natsuki and I are really not of any status other than friends, right Mai?"

"Err…yes right, I saw what happened too and Natsuki told me the story…"Mai said, even though she hadn't even heard an eighth' of the story yet

"See?" Natsuki sat down and folded her arms across her chess and pouted."There's nothing going on here".

Natsuki's action made Shizuru feel faint *This girl is so expressive…and…adorable…yet beautiful…Ara, I have to get back to the situation*

Chie had to fight the urge of bringing her phone up to snap a picture of Natsuki's current look since no phones were allowed in school and the Law Enforcer of the school-the Kaicho, was here.

"Then what are you here for?" Chie questioned in a low voice to show that she didn't mean what she had said to be rude of challenging. The Kaicho seemed like a figure which deserved her respect but yet she was ever so curious to know if what they had said was the truth.

Red eyes turned it's gaze to her," Ara, I was just looking for my buddy this year, Mai".

Chie felt her self frozen and helpless *those red eyes from a far distance seems just cool or crazy but at such a close range, it's as though it's…piercing through me…somehow, she even seems angry I passed on such a rumor about her…or is it because of Natsuki?*

"Y-yes? You wanted to see me?" Mai stuttered, confused as to why the Kaicho needed to see her, did a CG catch them running yesterday night after all?

"I was just walking by since I took the front gate today, so I had just wanted to know if you were free on any other day other than next Monday as I will be busy with a small project and cant tutor you on that day" Shizuru lied, she was totally free on Monday and just needed a reason for coming into a year one's class when her's was starting in ten minutes time.

"U-um…about that, K-kaicho-san…can our tuition be next week cause I am going to be busy for these two weeks…sorry for any inconvenience" Mai said sheepishly.

"Ara, I would be fine with that, but if Tokiha-chan doesn't like me she can tell me,yes?" Shizuru teased.

"N-no! I like you…I mean yea, I think you'll be a great tuition teacher!" Mai shouted, afraid that the Kaicho might misunderstand her

Natsuki felt a pang of jealousy in her heart when she had heard Mai voice the words: I like you.

*God damnit…Mai didn't mean it that way, I mean…why do you care even if she did?*

"Ara…looks like I'm going to be late for class…." Shizuru looked at her watch.

"Um, bye?" Chie said unsure of how to respond.

"Bye Mai and her other two friends"

"…Bye Natsuki see you soon" These words Shizuru made sure she separated from the first.

"Bye Shizuru" Natsuki replied

Shizuru turned away from the midnight haired beauty and walked out of the classroom.

*Ara…such nostalgia…it feels so familiar it's as though it's a memory... as though I've even met Natsuki many more times before…* Shizuru equired as she hastened her steps to her classroom

* That seemed…somewhat familiar…again..who the hell is that woman?...she seems so familiar and I get this funny oldy feeling when she says some stuff….*thought as the teacher walked into her classroom

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