HOPE YOU LIKE THIS CHAPTER! this is about 25KB
INDIOBOTOD:I was just thinking of the rating, yes…um…I mean I cant just say Shizuru raped Natsuki, yes? XD….so mybe I'm gonna change the rating to T first AND THEN change it back to M when it really happens…if it does XDXDXD oh and...um...It's my 1st time writing so....I dont know if I'm good at writing that kinda scene yet XD so I'll be trying when the time comes....if i cant...hopefully not...THEn....SORRY!!!!!!!!
Oh and….why they cant be tghthr evn though their merging is cuz their BLOODY STUPID parents don't allow it…I mean…Shizuru's dad is the type which would be like:
Shizuru: DAD, I like Natsuki, I'm gay
SHIZURU'S DAD: ok, good job! Good luck with ur relationship!
XD…right? ^^ and thanks for reviewing ! ^^
Actually…I was going to put those two as Hidaru ans Shizuru…XD
But…since renkhal said it wud be better…that Haruka was there…this idea popped up ^^ THANKS RENKHAL!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Mai-hime or Mai-otome...can anyone tell me if u need ths in every chapt.? cuz i'm getting lazy to keep writing this and legends.
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(um...I just noticed that Since around chapt. 3 FF had been converting all my ------ into gray lines...so...this is not valid anymore o0 only the one above is so you'll have to guess XD MUAHAHAHA ....^^ PS)
CHAPTER 15-LIBRARY
The two shadowed figures turned to look at Natsuki and Nao when they heard the library door open.
"The two skippers?" A blond-haired student councilor paused to think for awhile, "ARE YOU TWO SKIPPING AGAIN?!?" she shouted when she realized the situation.
Natsuki and Nao stared wide-eyed at the blond-haired student councilor, "U-um We…" Natsuki stuttered, trying to find any excuse that could work.
"They're with us" Completed a voice huskier than Natsuki's.
Nao turned around to see another two student councilors behind them.
Natsuki recognized the voice as Hidaru's inwardly thanked he girl. *Is she with Shizuru? I wanna see her…*
"They're with you?" Yukino said in her usual soft tone.
"Eh, yea…" Hidaru answered with a tone of assurance.
"Wait!...what are you two doing out of class then?" Haruka boomed.
"Ara ara, Haruka-chan should not shout in the library" Shizuru said from behind Natsuki.
Natsuki froze still, the voice of the girl always had a strange effect on her, one that she could not figure out. *Shizuru's here!* She thought as she made a small frown *Should I be happy or sad?... I mean…I feel as though I've been dying to see her…but…god damned I hate thinking about stupid stuff that I cant figure out*
"There's no one in here anyway" , Haruka said before she shouted again, "HEY! Wait! Don't change the topic! What are you two doing out of class!?"
Shizuru thought of several excuses, all which could not fit. Finally giving up, she looked at Hidaru with that small helpless glint in her eyes.
Hidaru chuckled at Shizuru's expression and turned to Haruka, "You know…the usual teacher assignments…"
"Then why do you have to bring those two along?" Haruka said as she arrowed her eyes.
"You keep asking us the questions…why not we swap a bit? Why are YOU here?" Hidaru said, stalling for time.
"Me? We're doing a big project for this year's year end assignment results, so our teacher allowed us an hour of school time for going around the school so we can search up some info…so Yukino decided that the library would be the best place for searching up the stuff we need…and then…we're here".
"Oh…"Hidaru sad hoping she would forget about the two juniors they had in front of them after thinking of such a good way to phrase her answer since she had always forgot one thing after doing another.
"But you two still haven't answered us on as to why you brought them along" Yukino said defiantly, she had always disliked Hidaru since she was always disturbing Haruka.
*Damn you…stupid little girl* Hidaru inwardly growled as she re-composed herself to think of a reason. "The teacher from their class is the one which sent us…so she told us to bring those two along and make them search for a few materials they could use for their next class as punishment for truancy last week".
Haruka shifted her gaze to Hidaru and stared at her in the eye, "Really?"
"Yea, Shizuru can assure that for me" Hidaru said as she folded her arms and stared back.
Yukino made a small frown as if to say: I don't believe you, but dropped the matter since Haruka was fine with it.
"Well, make sure they don't slack off here, we're going to the school garden…our team's waiting for us there" Haruka said as she pushed Nao aside and walked out of the library.
Once the two girls were out of sight, Hidaru and Shizuru turned to the two girls they had just 'saved'.
Shizuru eyed the two girls worriedly whilst Hidaru had her usual smirk on as she stared at the two girls with amusement.
Both the girls did not dare speak up, since they were, in fact in the wrong and the two councilors had just saved them.
Natsuki tilted her head up to meet Shizuru's worried gaze and felt as guilty as she had felt when she had been caught by her mom stealing a bottle of Mayo from the fridge a few years back.
Hidaru spotted the silent interaction and widened her smirk, "Don't worry Kruger, your girlfriend is here to skip too".
*Girlfriend?!?* crossed the two girl's minds.
*Impossible* Was the response to each other's thoughts.
Shizuru turned her gaze at Hidaru 'sweetly' smiling at her, "Ara, Hidaru-chan should never joke about such things, yes?"
Hidaru shrugged off the hidden glare and winked at the blushing Natsuki.
"N-no, wait…did you just say…" Natsuki said as cocked her head to the right.
"You two are skipping?" Nao finished, shock written all over her face.
Hidaru chuckled softly and gave no reply, waiting for Shizuru to answer the question.
Shizuru inwardly cursed Hidaru and gave the two girls I small smile.
Nao got the sign as a Kaicho-pride thing and decided to not push it any further.
"Let's sit down kay? I'm not a fan of standing" Hidaru said as she pulled out a chair and sat down.
Natsuki and Nao obliged and sat down opposite Hidaru.
Shizuru let out a soft sigh as she followed the other three and smoothed out her skirt as she slowly sat down.
"Anybody up for drinks?" Hidaru stood up again and walked toward the café booth.
All she had received was more awkward silence as she sighed inwardly at Shizuru's immunity to the blue-haired girl.
The other three, too crushed by the awkwardness to reply were then served with a warm cup of milo.
"They only had ice tea….you don't like that do you?" Hidaru said as she sat down.
"Ara, Hidaru-chan knows me best", Shizuru said as she tested her voice, afraid that she might stutter or slip due to a certain 'presence'.
"Seriously…Saeko, you don't have to come over…our daughter is doing fine" Kisaru said worriedly as she clutched the phone tighter.
"Well, it's Alyssa's school holidays right now, so I thought I could bring her over so she could see Natsuki and also as a trip for her holidays" Saeko Kruger said as she smiled at the blond haired pre-teen beside her.
"Okay, but make sure that you're not sick or anything like the last time when you came over okay?"
"Of course, I wouldn't want to make you all worry again…anyway my anemia seems to be getting better already, the last time I had went for a check up…about two days ago, the doctor said that I'm much healthier already".
"That's great! I'll schedule the private jet to reach the airport by this Thursday ok?" Kisaru said as a smile made its way to his face.
Saeko let out a small chuckle as she gave Kisaru a kiss through the phone, "I'll be passing the phone to Alyssa ok?"
"Ok"
Saeko passed the phone to Alyssa , who gave her a bright smile, "Hello, dad?"
"Alyssa! Do you know how much I've missed you these two months?"Kisaru exclaimed.
"Of course I do dad, I miss you too…why do you always have to go back to japan for business? Cant you just stay with me in Singapore or with sis in America?"Alyssa asked innocently.
"Well…that's because our main 'HQ' is in japan" Kisaru answered apologetically as he continued to chat with his daughter.
"What do you think would happen if our three companies really merged?" Hidaru said as she directed the question to the two other ladies in the room.
Nao got a small feeling of what was happening for the pass hour and shot Hidaru a questioning glare, only to receive a mischievous wink.
"U-um…we'll work together?" Natsuki said honestly, she had never ever thought about it before.
Shizuru gave Hidaru a nod to show that her answer was the same.
"So…if we ARE going to work together…we need to know more about each other right? And…we need to ..like…bond…so that we don't clash in future".
Natsuki scowled, "Heck that's so long later isn't it?"
"Ara ara…I beg to differ…the way our dads are rushing it…we probably have to start work after our university studies" Shizuru said thoughtfully.
Nao frowned at the conversation, finally speaking up, "Well, then what if you three wanna further your studies?"
"Then I'll just tell my dad to give the company to my sis" Natsuki said in a worry-free tone.
Shizuru found the Natsuki's answer very predictable though she felt that if she had wanted to further her studies she would need to do an impromptu short presentation to her dad on why she wants to further her studies and the pros and cons of the plan. To shorten everything: troublesome.
Hidaru smiled bitterly at what Natsuki had said. *My dad would never allow that…He'll probably disown me…sometimes…I hate my life*
"Like hell, your sis is seven years younger than you…that makes her…still in SECONDARY SCHOOL!...as in…middle school?" Nao said as she stared at Natsuki with one eyebrow up.
"Who cares? Then he'll just have to wait" Natsuki said as she sipped at her cup of warm Milo.
"Ara…that is very irresponsible, yes Natsuki?"
Hidaru gave her a nod of agreement, "How can we work with somebody like that in future?"
Natsuki balled up her fists and gave a defiant look , "Why not?"
Hidaru smiled at Natsuki's look, "Well, you're rash, rough, rude, anti social, iresponsib-"
"Wait…WHAT? ANTI-SOCIAL? ROUGH? IRRESPONSIBLE?"
"Is that not what Natsuki is showing now?" Shizuru said as she felt light headed from the way Natsuki seemed so cute in her defiant pose and inwardly thanked Hidaru for once again helping her regain composure.
Natsuki's cheeks turned a shade redder as she re-examined what she had just said and done in the last one minute, "I-I'm not!"
Shizuru giggled softly as she leaned back on her chair, finally relaxing after the small comment Hidaru had passed.
Hidaru let out another faux-sigh as she looked at Natsuki with a: You're hopeless at this aren't you? Expression, "How does your sister learn from such an example?"
"Ara…I sympathize with your sister", Shizuru added.
"Not you too Shizuru?"Natsuki said helplessly.
The sentence caused both the girls to stop and rethink what Natsuki had just said.
*N-Natsuki makes it sound as though I'm…special?as in special in the sense that...no…that's impossible…I'm thinking too much into it…Natsuki isn't someone that really thinks over what she says….or even mean it much..*Shizuru thought as she felt the same uncomfortable feeling she had been getting whenever she was not busy with something *I should stop giving my illicit love fake chances and reasons to stay on…*
*W-what did I just say? It sounded so…damned me! I make myself sound as though…I…lov-…her* Natsuki thought, not daring to even think of the entire word.*No, wait…I'm the one reading too much…It sounded like what a friend would say, right?*
Nao noticed the sudden silence and decided to change the topic.
"But don't you think you're lucky to have such a rich family? If you think bout it clearly…You get a lot of good things from that…things that some of us, average people can't get" Nao said awkwardly, she was not very good at this sort of thing since she wasn't the type who really cared.
Hidaru's eyes widened bit as she whispered softly, "Yea…and we can't get a lot of things that the average person can get…like…"
*Shit…not another one…*Nao thought as she looked at Hidru's sad expression.
"Love…"Shizuru completed, her voice in a whisper, but heard by all four.
Natsuki felt her heart break when she saw Shizuru's eyes lose its usual glint and narrow. *Is she…sad?* "Shizuru?" Nasuki probed, afraid to see her friend look that sad. *My…friend?*
"Ara…school's going to be over in around forty minutes. Shouldn't we be going back to class now? Since the last half an hour is for attendance taking…and we could join our group of friends when they go back class so it would seem as though we had came back with them, yes?" Shizuru said as she stared into Natsuki's worried emeralds.
"Yea, pup…I don't wanna get caught again…and besides…if we get caught, these two councilors will get into deep shit" Nao said as she stood up.
"Fine" Natsuki obliged, not wanting to get Shizuru into any trouble.
The four girls left the library quietly when they bumped into a group of second year students who had just gotten the permission for an early release from their teacher.
"K-Kaicho and…H-hidaru-sama", A few girls stuttered as they passed.
"Ara ara, good day to you" Shizuru said with a charming smile.
"G-good day!"
Hidaru gave them a small smile and mischievously winked at a girl nearest to Shizur, causing the girl to feel faint and fall back.
"Ara…" Shizuru said as she supported the girl. A few other girls swooned at the way Shizuru had supported their friend.
*What the hell?!* Natsuki thought as she felt a foreboding feeling creep over her. *STUPID GIRL get off now!...W-wait…why am I…of course I am she's in such a position with M- I mean Shizuru!*
Natsuki shot the girl a glare, one that made her quickly shun away from Shizuru.
"Awwww…..seems like somebody is jea-lous" Hidaru whispered from behind Natsuki.
"Hell no!" Natsuki said as she shot another girl a glare.
Shizuru noticed Natsuki glaring at the bunch of girls when she overheard two boys whisper to each other from a small distance away.
"She's that year one isn't she? That ice princess"
"Ye, she is…kinda scary isn't it?"
"Though she's really hot"
Shizuru felt jealousy and anger overwhelm her.*Who are they to talk about My Natsuki like that…* She thought as she absentmindedly glared at the two boys, making them quickly turn away from Natsuki and look at the few textbooks they had with them.
*My Natsuki? Mine…? I feel so pathetic…feeling happy even by just thinking of it…though...* She said as she turned her head back to look at Natsuki.
*Stupid girls* Natsuki said as she smirked at the result of her glaring. She then noticed Shizuru looking at her as emerald met crimson. Natsuki gave Shizuru a small childish smile, one that made Shizuru smile back sweetly even though her heart felt as though it was being torn apart.
*I can't help it when she looks like that can I?* Shizuru said as she smiled back at Natsuki.
"Hey Shiz, lets go…we've five minutes to get to the other side of the school" Hidaru said with a small smile. *GOOD PROGRESS TODAY! Natsuki's 'waking up'*
"B-bye…" Natsuki said softly while trying to hide her reluctance of leaving the chestnut haired girl again..
They split ways as Natsuki and Nao walked quietly back to class.
"Nao?"
"Yes?"
"Why were you so quiet?"
"Well, even if I actually talked you would be too busy talking to your girlfriend to realize right?"Nao said matter of factly.
"Well…no!" Natsuki said before finally spotting 'that' word, "AND I'M SO NOT HER GIRLFRIEND!"
"But you DO like her right? So it's the same thing, you wouldn't even bother listening even if I talked".
"I DO NOT like her" Natsuki protested, though now, she herself was unsure about how true that statement was.
"Whatever" Nao said as she waved her hand dismissively as she joined the first group of year one pupils she could see.
Natsuki ran up to Nao and joined the batch of year one pupils as they walked back to class. *Do I…Do I really like her?...as in love* Natsuki thought as she made a small frown.
"Oi pup! Are you going back to class or not?" Nao spat when she saw Natsuki continue walking even after she passed their form class.
"Of course!" Natsuki said as she quickly turned back and ran into the class.
Shizuru looked up at the ceiling, it was the third time since she met Nasuki that she needed sleeping pills so she could sleep. *This is so not healthy…mentally and physically* Shizuru thought as she looked up at the ceiling.
*Natsuki…why can't I forget about you?*
*Do I love you just because you're like the Natsuki I knew in childhood?* Shizuru repeatedly questioned as she tried to convince herself that it was because she resembled that girl in her childhood, but the more she tried, the guiltier she felt. *I love Natsuki for who she is…not just because…*
*Why did she have to appear in my life?...though if she didn't…I wouldn't have felt such a feeling again…something so bittersweet…*Shizuru thought as she felt herself drift off to sleep.
She allowed sleep to take over as she slowly close her eyes. A tear escaping from her closed eyes as it slowly flowed down her face and soaked into the bed, darkening the area where it had soaked into.
Natsuki tried calling Mai for the twenty third time as she impatiently waited for the orange-haired girl to pick up, it was already eleven and Nao had gone to sleep for more than an hour already.
"Damnit…engaged again…" Natsuki whispered as she finally gave up and lay back down on her bed.
"She must be talking to that idiot SCG…come to speak of it...I've not seen him since the first time…what kinda buddy is he?" Natsuki said absent mindedly as she turned from left to right on her bed, trying to get some sleep.
After a few minuted of rolling around, she finally gave up, propping the back of her head down on the pillow again, she stared at the ceiling.
"Shizuru…" She absentmindedly whispered in the darkness.
"Do I love you?" Natsuki whispered again as she felt herself take in a deep breath, she felt as though she was suffocating…because…of what?
*It's as though I'm lying to myself about what I feel about you…but why?...i mean…you're just a friend right?...and I love my friends……right?*
PLEASE R&R or flame…
THANKS FOR READING!
Oh and sorry I didn't post for so long…compared to the time I take for the rest….cuz I went to wtch another anime and cuz I stayed over at my god bro's house ystrdy…