" Oh, hey Mana-san, how is it going with the princess and Setsuna? " Emiko joined her in front of the door.

" Well, it seems that everything's fine now. " Mana answered her, turning back at Emiko.

" That's great. What would have happened if Setsuna couldn't get over her emotions..." Emiko said calmly.

" How did you know about her conditions? We didn't have time to talk before Konoka-ojou-sama interrupted us, but you look a bit familiar to me..." Mana asked, keeping her composure.

" I couldn't hide it from you, could I? " Emiko replied, closing her eyes.
" I guess I look familiar to you because you know Setsuna. We could say that, I'm kinda related to her, in a way. " Emiko said. Mana looked at her, head to toe.

' How is she related? Setsuna never mentioned anything about her family..." Mana thought.

" I'll stick with this answer for now, but it seems that you know a lot about here. " Mana said.
" I've done my homeworks. " Emiko simply said, smiling.

" It doesn't seem that the princess is in any danger, so tell me more about my job please. " Emiko asked, and they both left the temple.

Back in the room with the lovebirds, they were, well, enjoying the taste of love.
Still holding each other, Setsuna lost herself into her passionate kiss, slowly pushing her loved one on the floor. It seemed that the shy samurai was totally out of her mind, daring enough to let her hands wandering on her princess' body.
Konoka moaned softly against her knight's lips, making Setsuna to push harder into the kiss. There were on fire, feeling so much at the moment.

As Konoka's hands caressing with tender Setsuna's back, she slowly wrapped her legs around her lover's waist, and pushed her closer onto her body. Setsuna was litteraly stuck to Konoka. This closeness lighted up even more her desire, her hunger.

Hunger to touch.

Hunger for lust.

She tried to get the brown-haired girl's hands when-

" Oh Gawwd aruu ! " a girl shrieked.

Both girls stopped, Setsuna recovered her initial position, coughing nervously, while Konoka tried to raise her back. Noticing her girl was having difficulty to stand, Setsuna slid one hand behind Konoka's back, and pulled her so she could sit next to her.

" Aww..mmm...Sorry arruu! " the girl shouted and was about to leave when she bumped into the door. She fell back on her butt.

" Oh Ku-fei-chan, are you alright? " Konoka asked, walking towards her. She helped her stand.

" Em..Ku-fei-san, what brings you here? " Setsuna asked, quiet embarassed that she saw them...well, during their making-out session.

" Hmm..well, Mana asked me to come because she needed to tell me something about some work aru yo..." Ku-fei answered, rubbing her hand on her head, apparently embarassed too.

" Well, she was here but, I don't where she went. " Konoka said, trying to break the awful mood.

" Oh okay, no problem aru! I'll look for her by myself yo ! " Ku-fei said and dashed away.

Setsuna and Konoka stood there a few minutes in silence. They couldn't look at each other, after...this passionate moment, both red like tomato.

Eventually, Konoka broke the silence.
" Um, Aren't you hungry Secchan? We should head back to my room before Asuna eats everything. " Konoka said laughing. Setsuna was relieved to see that nothing changed between them.

' Well, just one thing.' Setsuna thought.

After she returned to her human appearance, and took her sword, she faced her princess.

' She's so beautiful...' Konoka thought, still blushing.

The bodyguard grabbed Konoka's hand, much to her surprise, and led the way to the dorm.
They were both blushing slightly, walking hand in hand.

' She's mine. '

" That's it? Walking around slicing one or two demons during the morning, then stay next to Princess Konoka all day, then eat and sleep, and slicing demons before to sleep? " Emiko asked to the same-size girl walking to her right.

" Yes. And possibly, if there's a special mission that you need to attend. " Mana answered back calmly.

" Well, isn't your daily life boring Mana-san? For people like us, doing simple tasks like these...I'll become rusty! " Emiko exclaimed, watching around her.

Mana was showing her around, but more precisely, the rounds she'd have to take during her shifts.

" Well, not really actually. You'll see that life here is not that quiet. Don't get deceived by the beauty silence of this place." Mana told her.

As said, two demons appeared from a black hole. They didn't even have to time to touch the ground that they disappeared in one slice.
Emiko appeared few meters away from Mana.

" This isn't funny! " Emiko shouted at her. Mana was quiet surprised by her speed. However she showed nothing.

" How did you slice them both without a sword? " Mana asked, curious.

" Oh? Well, with my hand. What a question! " Emiko said raising her hand, smiling. She waited Mana to catch her up.

" Did you use ki ? " Mana questionned again, walking towards her. She was after this, quiet impressive for a new one.

" Of course Mana-san, or else I would have broke my hand haha! " Emiko started to giggle.

" But I do have a sword. " Emiko looked at Mana, determined.
" Anyway, you'll see as time goes by. " Emiko said, resuming her walk. Mana stayed quiet.

' Patrolling with her would be more interesting than I believed. " Mana thought.

" Now, the next ones are for you, I can't wait to see how you'll turn out with guns..." Emiko said. And like this, they went around the school, showing each other their abilities.
Poor demons...

" Asuna! You ate half the dinner! How can you be such a glutton! " Konoka exclaimed as she saw the pan in the kitchen.

Totally ignoring her roommate, she was throwing questions thick and fast to her Kendo master.

" So how did you to end up hand in hand? Oh finally Setsuna-san, you confessed to her! How was it? Did you bend onto your knee like a proposal? What did she say? Come on, tell me everything! " Asuna asked very quickly.

Setsuna sweatdropped at her behaviour. She really deserved 'the monkey girl' nickname that the class-rep gave her.

" First of all, keep calm Asuna-san. And- "
" Asuna! " Konoka yelled at her. She decided to come punish her friend for ignoring her.

She took Asuna by the arm and led her to the kitchen. Setsuna sighed, blushing a little to the questions she's been asked.

' Tomorrow will be the whole class...' Setsuna thought, falling back on the couch. She raised her head to watch through the window.

The bright sky reminded her of something that she saw today...but she couldn't really remember. Instead, images of her girlfriend came to her mind.

' Girlfriend, huh...' Setsuna thought. And smiled. The stupid happy smile new lovers' got when hit by Cupidon's arrows.

She couldn't help but keep smiling. What was this blissful feeling she's having right now?
She could hear her friend trying to defend herself to Konoka, explaining how hungry she was since she left the room earlier this morning so that she and Setsuna could spent more time alone.

' It feels so good...'

" Setsuna-san, help me! Do something with your girlfriend, please! " Asuna pleaded, hands on the table.

Konoka and Setsuna both blushed at the word Asuna used.

'Girlfriend '

They looked at each other. Eyes-locked...

" Oh...nice move Setsuna-san! Giving the sexy-lover glare! " Asuna said, breaking their moment. She regretted having opened her mouth as soon as Konoka yelled at her again.

" Asuna! You pig! What is Secchan is going to eat now, I prepared this meal especially for her! It's her favorite one, and it was supposed to make her forgive me for- " Konoka stopped, showing a sad expression.

Asuna was waiting for the end of her scold. Instead she saw Setsuna stood up, walking to her roommate, and held her around her waist with one arm, and put her other hand on Konoka's cheek.

" What would you apologize for Kono-chan? I should be the one to apologize for today, and more particularly, I should thank you. " Setsuna kissed her one her forehead.

Of course she could hug her princess, and kiss her, but not a real kiss, not in front of people, even Asuna. She was just too shy and not ready. Everything was brand and new for her. Konoka felt so shy from her Secchan's behavior. She felt so...

Happy

She burried her face into her lover's chest, wrapping her arms around Setsuna's back.
For once, Setsuna felt nothing but happiness. No mixture of frustration, shyness, sadness.

Peace.

' It all makes sense now '

" Aww...Aren't you two look so cute! I've been waiting for this day ya know! It's a relieve to finally see you both together. " Asuna said, looking at them with content.

" That will not make up to the fact that you ate everything Asuna! " Konoka said back, smiling.

" Gah, that wasn't the purpose! " Asuna shouted, raising her fists up.

" It's okay Asuna-san. It's not a big deal, don't worry. " Setsuna reassured her, breaking her embrace with Konoka.

"I ate too much this morning so- " Setsuna stopped when she felt a hand gripped on her shirt. She looked at her princess, only to see her losing her smile.

" -but-but of course, it wasn't enough to fill entirely my stomach! I'll be happy to eat what Kono-chan has cooked for me! Even if there is only few left! " Setsuna said, changing the end of her say.

" Ahh...so hungry! " Setsuna said, smiling as she stretched her arms, pretented to starve.

What sacrifice we have to take for the one we love...

Asuna was again, laughing hard, knowing her friend was about to suffer once more. Setsuna then shot her the dark glare she owned her this morning. The latter stopped, frightened.

Konoka went happily to the kitchen to bring her girlfriend the meal she deserved after this rough day. As the samurai girl sit at the table, Asuna, trying to avoid Setsuna's threat, went quickly to sit on the couch, looking for the TV zapper, whistling what is sounded like 'Just married ' song. Konoka came back grinning, with one big plate.
As she put in on the table in front of her love, Setsuna, ready to eat, and this time slowly, said quietly:

" Dont' forget tomorrow training, Asuna-san."

The red-haired girl sighed, as she turned on the TV.

' I'm so dead.'