Chapter 5

"Zuru-chan it's alright, they will come to save us…"

"But you're hurt… I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" a 8 year Shizuru was crying while holding a little girl in her lap.

"It's ok… I'm fine" the girl coughed while splitting blood from her mouth. "They… will… be… here…"

"No... Please no" Shizuru looked around the dark room crying, "Don't leave me"

Shizuru felt herself going further into a panic, "No…" the darkness in room began to swallow her into the endless void, "No… no… NOOOO!"

"..Zuru! Shizuru, wake up!"

Shizuru's eyes slowly began to awaken the crimson orbs; her vision blurry as an image came to focus, finding Natsuki staring at her with a worried face

"Shizuru are you alright? You were screaming and crying" Natsuki reached down to wipe tears from Shizuru's face, "I'm here you know, what's wrong?"

Shizuru was speechless, she had a nightmare and she couldn't remember who the little girl was dying in her hands.

Natsuki was concerned about Shizuru, her instincts just took over as she wrapped her arms around the brunette and let her cry on her shoulder, "Shh… Its ok, I'm here" she kept whispering to calm the brunette.

Shizuru silently cried till she calmed herself. She was aware that Natsuki was hugging her, but she felt safe in her hands.

"Thank you, my Natsuki" Shizuru whispered quietly but loud enough to be heard by Natsuki.

"Are you alright now? Would you like to tell me what happened?" Natsuki (unwillingly) released Shizuru from her hug.

Shizuru look at Natsuki and gave her a smile, "I'm alright now thank you". Shizuru gave Natsuki a reassuring smile.

"So mind to tell me what did you dream off?" Natsuki asked in concern, watching as Shizuru's eyes avoided her gaze.

"If I tell my Natsuki what I dreamed of, would she stay with me tonight?" Shizuru asked seductively, making the poor girl turn beet red

"Shi… Shizuru!" Natsuki shout with beet red face, "W-w-wa.."

"But Natsuki, you wanted to hear my story did you not?" Shizuru started to pout and let out a few sobs, sending Natsuki into a panic.

"O-okay… okay I'll stay with you" Natsuki gave up and sat beside Shizuru; she took a couple of pillows and made herself comfortable. Shizuru then joined Natsuki and hugged the younger girl, making herself comfortable with resting her head against Natsuki's chest. The motion made Natsuki blush hard.

"I was dreaming…" Shizuru started her story, "I was in empty room... it's dark and a little girl is dying in my hands. It's a long forgotten story… I was scared of darkness because an incident I had when I was 8 years old. I can't remember the details but for as long as I could remember I was just a kid when someone tried to kidnap me. They kept me in a dark room with just a slight bit of light from the window. I can't remember the details, my parent said it's because I was in shock, but it's been awhile since I've had those dreams. I can't remember why there was a little girl in my dreams though."

Natsuki's mind tossed and turned around these thoughts before she was finally able to speak. "It's ok, you should forget about it. It's just a dream. Whenever it's dark or not, I'll be there for you"

Shizuru smiled and hugged the young girl tightly before nuzzling her head into Natsuki's chest and falling asleep.

Natsuki noticed from the shallow breathing that Shizuru was fast asleep. Carefully trying to slip away, she tucked Shizuru into bed but Shizuru didn't allow Natsuki to go anywhere. Having no other choice, she joined Shizuru in bed. Wrapping her arms around the older girl, she rested her head along Shizuru's pillow before her eyes started to closed, "I'm sorry Shizuru, about that girl. I'll tell you when the time is right". She whispered before falling into darkness.

Nao's eyebrows twitched for the one-hundredth time that day, she felt like wanting to drag Natsuki's body behind her car around the town before drowning Natsuki body into the sea.

"Oi, mutt, stop day dreaming!" Nao threw her banana peel at Natsuki's face, making the wolf snap from her daydreaming and look at the spider with a murderous glare. "Did your master keep you awake all night?"

Hearing that, Natsuki who's on the verge to explode, suddenly released some of that pent up emotion onto Nao as she jumped at Nao's direction to kill her.

Meanwhile elsewhere, Shizuru was disappointed because she couldn't have lunch with her favourite wolf. Sadly, her presence was needed elsewhere, the student council's room to be precise.

"Oi Shizuru, how long will you keep that stupid face of yours?" Haruka was starting to get annoyed when she saw Shizuru sighing while sipping her tea. "If you want to be together with your puppy, just go right now and don't make such a stupid face".

Shizuru gave Haruka her a rare smile, showing how grateful she was at this as she put down her tea. There was still time to have fun with her favourite pup before she went back to class. A perverted smile appeared on her face as she stood up, heading out the door.

"Excuse me" the door open and reveal a teal hair girl standing in the front of the door.

"Ara, are you looking for someone?" Shizuru gave her usual fake smile. A strange feeling crawled up the back of her mind as the girl gave off an unusual feeling to her, as though she's seen her somewhere before but she couldn't remember when.

"Ah, gomen nasai." The teal girl smiled and bowed, "My name is Tomoe marguerite and I just transferred here today."

"Ah, the new student" Shizuru gave her a polite smile. "This is the student council room and…" Shizuru took a glance into the room. She really did want to meet with her Natsuki, seeking help from Haruka and Yukino who came to her rescue.

"A new student?" Haruka stood up from her seat, standing beside Shizuru, "Let's see… please come in" Haruka then pushed Shizuru out from the room pass the teal haired girl who just watched them with confused eyes. Shizuru give a silent 'thank you' gesture before she walk away as Haruka turned her attention back towards the new student.

Tomoe stared at the brunette who walked away, slightly annoyed but she couldn't show it in front of Haruka or Yukino or they will get suspicious. "Ah sorry, uhm senpai?" Tomoe talked with Haruka with something in her mind "First goal achieved" and smirked.

"I wonder where is my Natsuki?" Shizuru wondered (actually she was jumping in happiness that she would see her pup) around while ignoring the fan girls that stared at her curiously. She arrived at the school garden before she heard screams from the voice she know. "Natsuki!" and with an unbelievable speed from the Kaichou, she ran towards Natsuki's directions.

"I'll kill you for sure this time" Natsuki was furious as she tried to strangle Nao's neck. But the motion was useless because Mai and Makoto were holding her while laughing out loud.

"Calm down Natsuki" Mai tried to calm the wolf who was fuming with anger, ready to kill the flame haired girl.

"How should I calm down if she throws her garbage into my face?" Natsuki roared in anger, she was really pissed off while Nao was just laughing out loud while rolling on the grass.

"Nao! You too! You shouldn't throw something like that" Mai scolded Nao while keeping busy with struggling to hold back Natsuki, "Apologise now" she demanded.

But before Nao could give a word of apology, Natsuki already pounced on her and started to strangle her but it become a mess when Mai tried to separate the two which failed resulting in Mikoto joining their little tug-o-war.

"Ara?" a Kyoto ben voice pierced through the situation so easily as everyone just stopped. "What are you guys doing to my Natsuki?

The four girls who ended in a messed up position suddenly stopped with fear written on their face.

"We, were uh, playing?" a lame answer came from Nao who was obliviously scared at hearing Shizuru's voice, "Sumo?"

A few minutes later after a brief explanation…

Shizuru was seated beside a hurt looking Natsuki, while Nao got a bump on her head because of Mai's paper fan and Mikoto as usual was fast asleep on Mai's lap.

"Ara, my Natsuki seems like she doesn't want me here?" Shizuru put her hand on her face and began to sob.

"No, no… Zuru-chan, no, I'm glad that you are here! It's not what you think" Natsuki took a glance at Nao's direction before looking at Shizuru.

"Ah, my Natsuki was having affair with Nao-san right now wasn't she?" Shizuru kept her acting rolling along nicely.

"What the?! An affair with that stupid head spider?! Never!" Natsuki roared in panic, "I just like someone and it's definitely not her!" almost as if on cue, the group went silent. Realising the slip of the tongue reply, Natsuki felt the blood rushing straight to her cheeks.

"Then may I know who Natsuki's crush is?" Shizuru glanced at Natsuki with a victorious, perverted smile.

"Crap!" Natsuki deadpanned while Nao just smirked and Mai shook her head.

"She's really whipped" Mai and Nao thought at the same time.

"At last she was happy, wasn't she?" Mai nudged Nao side.

"Yeah she is, she's hard on herself".

A few years ago…

Mai was walking along the corridors of the hospital, she hated the smell of alcoholic cleaning products and sanitisers but she had to come every day to check on her little brother Takumi who was being cared for at the hospital. She brought an apple for her little brother, the doctors and nurses already knew her so they allowed her to visit him although it's already pass the time allowed for visitors.

It's late in the afternoon when she walked the empty corridor; her little brother's room was at the end of the corner of the third floor. She almost reached her destination when she saw a young girl around her age walking out from a room. The girl's gesture made Mai curious so she followed the girl closely, noticing that the girl was one of the patients by the clothes she wore.

"Hey, are you alright?" Mai ask with a concerned tone when she saw the girl struggle to stand up properly.

"Need to rescue… hime" that's all the words she heard from the girl before she caught the girl who just fainted in front of her. Her apple is long forgotten as she met Natsuki.

Tbc?

A/n :Mai and apple? sound like red hood girl with (natsuki) wolf *cough*.

im really sorry for reader who wait long for the update. its just work had been hard for me so ill update very slowly but i hope i can doing better. I almost forgot bout this story and i have to re-read the story from the beginning to remember how's this story suppose to be. oh, i decide to write a flashback how they meet - Natsuki, Mai, Nao and Mikoto. i know this chapter short but please patient with this stupid author ne? ;)

and uh it's seems ppl really hate Tomoe? *cough*, i hope reader wont kill me for what will she doing later (spoiler?) and uh, there's a lot of secret in the next chapter, some action and well silly comedy ( i like writing comedy) so just give me cookies or chocolate here it' will boost my writing ego XD lolz

feel free to guess who's the girl in shizuru dreams :D, or what happen actually in Shizuru past fufufufufu, and also shizuru parent's~let's ur mind went wild ;)