Chapter 15: Berserk

Haruka's shriek could be heard throughout the house. But she was always yelling or screaming or barking about trivial matters, no one really cared what the former Executive Director was shrieking about this time. That was, not until heavy objects started flying their way that they finally realized something had gone terribly wrong.

"I'LL KILL YA!" With that earsplitting scream came a wooden chair sailing through the air and crash landed on the floor.

Now everyone was paying attention. Haruka's random ranting was one thing, but death threats accompanied by flying objects was another.

"Ca... Calm down, Haruka-chan!" Yukino was desperately trying to hold her berserking friend back by her waist. But Haruka's brute strength was too much for Yukino to handle, and soon the mad blond broke free from her friend's arms. "Run away! Mikoto-chan!" Yukino squeaked.

"DIE!" Haruka howled while picking up another wooden chair and chucking it at the feral girl.

"Eek!" Mikoto ducked, the chair narrowly missed the mark. She ran on all four and hid behind a shocked Mai for protection.

"Are you out of your mind? That's dangerous!" Mai put her arms up to guard the feral girl like a mother hen protecting its chick from a hawk.

"OUTTA MY WAY! I'M GONNA SKIN HER ALIVE!" was Haruka's reply. She was too enraged to be reasoned with. The angry blond then dived at Mikoto. Her attack, however, was neutralized by four pairs of arms. Yukino, as well as Nao, Chie, and Aoi all threw themselves at her.

"LET ME GO! I'M GONNA KILL HER!"

Nao rolled her eyes impatiently at the blond's sheer stupidity. "Are you a moron or what? No one would let you go if you keep yelling death threat like that. What's your problem?"

"MY PROBLEM? MY FUCKING PROBLEM IS I WANNA FUCKING KILL HER AND YOU ARE GETTING IN MY WAY!"

"What a filthy mouth you have, Suzushiro. There is a ten-year-old kid in the house, you know. Youko-sensei, would you mind shooting this wild animal with a tranquilizing dart? There should be some still lying around in your bag after the Fujino incident." Nao chirped sweetly.

Youko frowned at the redhead. "You can't ask me to dart someone every time someone goes homicidal... I'll go get the darts now." The young girls nowadays. She shook her head and sighed as she went to grab her bag.

"Would you mind explaining to us all why the hell are you trying to kill Mikoto? What has this child ever done to you?" Mai glared at Haruka with hostile eyes.

The simple question, however, made the blond's face bright red from both insane rage and embarrassment. I can't tell them that this pervert kissed Yukino and then kissed me, can I? "SHUT UP AND LET ME KILL HER!" She screamed.

Youko soon came back with a syringe. "This should calm you down, Suzushiro-san." She said and injected her with mild sedative. A few seconds later, Haruka stopped struggling. They helped the groggy blond up from the floor and let her sit down on the sofa.

"Kill... Kill..."

Yukino sighed and sat down next to her friend. "No, no death threat, and no killing. Mikoto-chan didn't mean any harm when she... did that."

Although sedated, Haruka was not one to surrender even when pumped full of drug. She was waving her arms around like a kid throwing a tantrum, albeit a disoriented and rather quiet one.

"Should we tie her up like we did Fujino? Is there a rope in this place?" Nao looked at Yukino expectedly with an evil grin on her face. How I miss the old days when I could tie people up at my own whim...

"No!" Yukino quickly denied the redhead's suggestion and let the sleepy blond rest her head on her lap. "I'll make sure Haruka-chan wouldn't hurt anyone. Don't tie her up... You tied up kaichou-san?"

Nao shrugged. "Long story."

Yukino wasn't sure if she wanted to find out more.

"Hehehehe... I'm lying on Yukino's lap." Haruka suddenly blurted out this drunken remark plus a series of girly giggles.

Mai and Yukino exchanged a concerned look.

"Is that a normal reaction?" Yukino asked with her brows crinkled together.

Youko nodded. "Yup. The drug impairs her motor function and coordination. It could cause similar effects as alcohol. But don't worry, the drug will wear off in a few hours."

"She won't kill me now?" Mikoto popped her head out from behind the busty girl and approached her drowsy attacker cautiously.

"No. She won't. Not now." But she probably will try to kill you again in a few hours. Yukino added mentally.

"Oh, I'm so glad to hear that. Haruka is scary when she is angry." Mikoto smiled widely and then turned to thank the school nurse. "Youko-sensei, you are good. You make angry Haruka not angry anymore. I love you so much. CHUUUUU!" She jumped the unsuspecting woman and planted a wet kiss on her lips.

Maybe we've darted the wrong person. Everyone in the room thought.

Mikoto climbed down from the petrified school nurse and grinned at her friends. Her lips and the area around her mouth was smudged with Youko's red lipstick. "Ah, Nao, you are always so nice to me. I love you too!" She jumped again and this time she knocked the redhead over. "CHUUUUU!"

"Mikoto, STOP!" Mai yelled at her pet, but Mikoto was having way too much fun.

"Kissing is nice! I like kisses." Mikoto squealed excitedly and moved on to her next target.

"Hehehe... Kissy nice..." Haruka giggled as she watched the chaotic scene unfold before her.

"Jailbait... Kissed by a jailbait..." Youko plopped down on the floor.

"Aoi is so nice to me too. Chu..." Mikoto smacked into the back of Chie's hand. The chivalrous knight protected her fair damsel's lips.

"No kissing Aoi for you, brat. I can't allow..."

"CHUUUUU!" The petite girl changed her target and crushed her pouting lips against Chie's. Alas, the unpredictable feral girl one-upped the knight-wanna-be.

"MI-KO-TO..." Aoi's usual tender voice lowered into a dark ominous one.

Mikoto flinched at the sweet girl's murderous aura and fled to the other side of the room. "Aoi SCARY, no kissy for you." She turned and her golden eyes found her next object of affection. "Oh, Alyssa..."

"You kiss, you die." Miyu stood in front of her ojou-sama and glared at the feral girl.

Mikoto pouted at the android. "No kissing? But I love you and Alyssa-chan too."

"No kissing." Miyu repeated. "Go find someone else."

"Oh, good idea." Mikoto agreed and ran upstairs. I'll kiss Natsuki, I love Natsuki too, and Fujino. They like kissing, they won't be angry at me.

Mai rushed to Nao's side and picked the redhead up by her collar. "What the hell did you do to my Mikoto?" If eyes could kill, Nao would have been slaughtered a hundred times over.

"I didn't do anything. Don't try to blame this one on me." Nao casualy wiped away the lipstick smear on her mouth as if nothing happened, but her slightly redden cheeks were telling a different story. "I have no idea why she's turning into a kissy monster. Maybe it's your fault, you deprived her."

"Kissy... Nice... Hehehe..." The drugged blond giggled.

"At least now we know why Suzushiro tried to kill her." Nao laughed.

"Natsuki! I love you!" Mikoto busted into the room and squealed, but she stopped before she jumped her raven-haired friend.

"Shhh... Natsuki is sleeping." Shizuru put her index finger on her lips and whispered, she was sitting on the bed with her back leaning against the headboard.

The said sleeping girl was curling up against Shizuru, her head resting on her girlfriend's stomach while her arms latching onto her waist. She was holding the graceful Kyoto beauty as if she would a human-sized jumbo teddy bear.

"Oh, I see. Can't wake Natsuki." Mikoto said with mild disappointment in her voice.

"It sure was noisy downstairs. Anything interesting happened?" The Kyoto girl asked. She wasn't too worried that this quiet chat would wake her girlfriend. The girl slept like a rock after all.

Mikoto frowned. "I don't really understand, but everyone is angry at me."

Shizuru raised an eyebrow. "What did you do?"

"I told them I love them, and I kissed them, and they got angry." Mikoto looked at Shizuru with hopeful eyes. "I love Natsuki, will she be angry at me if I kiss her?"

Shizuru chuckled at the innocent girl's honest question. "Let's see, Natsuki is shy, so she will definitely get angry. But she is asleep, so if you kiss her now, she probably won't get angry at you. Do you want to try?"

Mikoto furrowed her brows together and considered for a moment, but then she shook her head. "No. Natsuki is scary when she is angry, yup, really scary. Better not make her angry."

Shizuru sighed. "Mikoto is a good girl." Much better than I was. She thought. "Come here." She beckoned the girl to come closer. Mikoto did, and Shizuru pecked the girl's forehead and ruffled her bushy hair. "Now go kiss the one you love the most." She said.

Mikoto giggled at the light kiss and touched her forehead with a big grin on her face. "Fujino is nice. I love you too."

"Shizuru." The older girl corrected.

"Yup, Shizuru is nice." Mikoto said, and then left the room with an extra bounce in her steps.

Erstin squirmed under the pink-haired maid's gentle green gaze. What am I so nervous for?

"Pretty girl." Fumi placed one hand on Erstin's shoulder. "Would you tell me your name?"

"Ers... Erstin Ho. Ma'am." She whimpered.

"Erstin. What a pretty name. Now, Erstin-san, which type of tea do you prefer?"

"Heh?"

"Not 'heh.' How about some Earl Gray? It's especially good with black tea flavoured chiffon cake. Would you like some?"

Erstin peered nervously at Nina for support. The blue-haired maid gave her a light nod as her answer.

"Yes, thank you very much." The blond girl squeaked.

Fumi smiled. "Nina, Arika, come sit with us too. Tea tastes best with friends."

Mikoto knew that the others were not too happy about her, but she didn't expect to see a lynch mob when she went back downstairs.

"Mikoto, it won't hurt. Much." Chie cracked her knuckles.

"We are only going to tie you up, that's all." Aoi clapped her hands together and said in a sickeningly sweet singsong voice.

Mikoto gulped. Her eyes turned to Nao. Nao won't be angry at me... She gulped again.

Nao was already tied up to a chair, completed with a piece of duck tape stuck on her mouth. Can't save you now, kiddo. The redhead thought. I was lucky that they spared me the dart treatment. I guess they were saving it for you.

"What's that in your hand?" The feral girl asked the school nurse despite knowing the answer already. There was fear in her slightly trembling voice.

"Dart."

Natsuki woke up after a restful nap. This is nice. She breathed in the familiar scent and let out a small sigh. Smells like Shizuru. She thought and nuzzled the 'pillow' with her face. The 'pillow,' however, squirmed underneath her.

"Natsuki is naughty when she wakes up."

The soft Kyoto-ben made the sleepy girl's eyes snap wide open. She was wide awake now.

What the... "Shizuru..." Natsuki raised her head from the Kyoto girl's neck and found herself lying on top of her girlfriend. "When did you get on my bed?" She asked with flushed cheeks. When did I get on you?

Shizuru chuckled. "This time, it wasn't my fault, my sweet Natsuki. Your bedtime manner was rather, what's the word... Rough. Yes, rough. I was only sitting beside you, but you dragged me down and trapped me with your own weight. I couldn't get away..."

"Stop, stop. Don't continue." Natsuki cringed.

Shizuru continued. "You were rather bold. I was startled when you suddenly grabbed my breasts and used them as your pillow. And then you moved up and started sucking on my neck in your sleep..."

"I say stop!"

Can't hear you. "I figured you must be dreaming about food, because you were drooling quite a bit. I am curious. Did I taste good?"

Natsuki silenced the merciless teasing the most effective way she could think of. She sealed the girl's lips with her own.

"Get down!" Mai yelled.

"No!" Mikoto yelled back. She was sitting on a high branch of a tall tree in the back yard. The lynch mob, no, Chie, Aoi, Youko, Mai, and Miyu had chase her up to the tree in their failed attempt to capture her.

"Is she a human or a cat..." Chie mused. "Mikoto, get down. We promise we won't hurt you." She lied.

Mikoto saw through the simple trick. "No! Chie is lying."

"Wow, that one was obvious." Aoi laughed.

"Come on down. It's been hours. You can't stay up there forever." Mai said impatiently.

"No!" Mikoto hugged the tree branch tightly.

"Shall I chop down the tree? It's highly inefficient to wait any longer." Miyu transformed her arm into a long blade and prepared to attack.

"No!" Both Mai and Mikoto yelled.

Miyu's brow twitched, just slightly. She transformed her arm back and stared at Mai. "Deal with the girl any way you see fit, but I will not tolerate any indecent act toward Alyssa ojou-sama in the future." The android then marched back into the house.

They had tea, and some chiffon cake. They also chatted a little, mostly about the tea and the cake they had, but that was all. Fumi never asked her where she came from or how she ended up drowning in the ocean.

Erstin wasn't sure if she should feel relieved just yet. If the Director had asked, she didn't know what she would have answered. I would probably lie, but they would see through that immediately, and they would hate me. But if I told them the truth, they would still hate me.

Fumi even asked Nina to personally look after the blond girl.

"Eh? Fumi-sama, what about me?" Arika pouted. She was also quite fond of Erstin.

"You will be responsible for the other girl. Bring her here and we'll have tea together."

TBC

Author's Notes: I like drugged up Haruka. She is cute when she is mellow. Please read and review.

Since it's exam week... Pop Quiz! What's the significance of the black tea flavoured chiffon cake in this story? (Wow, this one really sounds like an exam question...) I'll post the answer outside my office... No, I mean I'll post the answer at the end of next chapter. Mikoto will give you a kiss if you answer correctly