A-List to the Heart

Exit Stage Left Part 2

AN: Hey everyone sorry I had been at work and now I work 40-50 hours out of the week. I'm just giving you a treat I'm sorry for deleting New World Order I just felt like I wasn't going anywhere with it. However, in my free time, I got to play Lightning Returns and I saw the secret ending that is why I made my new story. So go under my profile please read the warnings and read and review. Now as for this story, it is going to end in two more chapters, thank you for all the reviews.

Disclaimer= No ties to Mai Hime

Warning= Futanari

Italics= Flashback

Sleep was hard once I got off the phone, looking towards Natsuki as she sat in the bath I knew I had to tell her. It was now eight and she had long sense woke up. Putting the last touches on my make-up I wondered what she would say choosing not to make her worry I spoke once again.

"I called her last night."

"I heard…"

"I'm meeting he- huh how did you know?"

"When I couldn't feel you anymore and I looked towards the kitchen you were gone. Then I heard you talking in your office, loudly too. I put two and two together and with the way you been acting this morning I know you spoke to her."

"So you're not mad that I'm not inviting you?"

"Why should I be?"

"I don't know I kinda thought that since you gave me the courage I needed, you would want to be there for some moral support."

"So you want me to be?"

"It would be nice but I know that I can't rely on you forever with my emotional problems. Besides its just talking nothing more no anger no tears it's just a talk."

"Ok well if you need me I will make my way over as fast as I can."

"I know…well I'm off…"

"I know…" As she kissed me goodbye I just hoped that she would be here when I got back; I knew that she would but my anxiety made me think otherwise. Walking out the door I started my car resting my head on my stirring wheel breathing in heavily, backing out I headed towards my destination.

Pulling towards my destination I looked towards the inn, feeling everything from last night come back I felt angered once again. Getting out I walked in towards the lobby looking to see there was a small loft where a restaurant was. Glancing towards the attendant he spoke nervous, I imaged what I must have looked like to him.

"H-How may I help you?"

"I'm here to see Shizuka Fujino."

"Ahh yes she's in the lobby downstairs I'll show you the way."

"No I'm fine." Walking past him my heart felt like it stopped all of my sadness and nervousness faded away. I was reminded of the time when I hosted my first meeting within my father's company. I fondly remembered the instant that I felt then as I dominated the meeting all that had driven me was my anger.

Looking over I spotted a woman for fawn hair just like me looking at her I could tell that age and stress were starting to overtake her. I could see the laugh lines that appeared on her face, those same laugh lines were the ones that her and I shared when I was younger. Her eyes red like mine looked up and smiled as she noticed me from across the room looking up she gave a smile. The area was empty seeing it was a weekday and others were at their respective jobs. There was no way for me to escape or purposely act out so I could leave now it was just her and me.

Walking over arrogantly I took my seat, leaning back with my bent towards the back of the seat and my other hand at the table. With my best look of arrogance and anger, I rubbed my tongue across my teeth in annoyance.

"Well is this place such a dump that I can't even get a waiter to serve me." saying it in eat shot I watched as the waiter scrabbled into view, I knew this was me I knew that I was the dominator. This was my role and I was damn good at it I had everything, and I was not going to let this woman break me or tell me who I was. I wanted her to know that little girl that she left was now a woman with conviction and strength. The waiter came as I knew he would giving the menu a look only spotting disinterest I tossed it back at the waiter.

"Since you don't have anything good on this weak excuse for a menu, I'll take you most expensive scotch, you do at least have that do you?"
"Yes Fujino-sama…" Watching him scramble away at my presence, looking at her she smiled unfazed making me scowl even more.

"Something, funny about all of this?"

"No nothing at all you just seem so sure of yourself now Shizuru, I'm proud of you." Looking at this woman how could she be so proud and of what I knew that she took no reason to be proud. Breathing I realized that I couldn't hold on to my promise of no anger or tears, saying a silent apology to Natsuki I knew I couldn't take her advice. All the years of loneliness and searching all lead towards this woman in front of me her red eyes contained sorrow.

"Tch…what could you possibly be proud of you didn't take into raising me past four." Looking down at her tea, she looked with sorrow as a lifetime of regret slowed down seeping into her heart. With our waiter, coming and setting my drink down I gave him a look making him jump away. Taking a strong gulp of my drink, I knew Scotch was never my drink, but I remember my father drinking it and looking strong I needed to look strong even though my heart for this woman felt so weak. I wanted to show this woman across from me that nothing of her existed in me.

"A scotch drinker, like your father huh…"

"Yeah…it seems like I am my father's daughter, not that you had anything to do with it."

"Shizuru…about that…"

"Save it you know what just save whatever you wanna save, you left me in a car, and you expect me to get into mother, daughter forgiveness mode! Because of you, I turned into this person this fame-seeking whore. No one cares who I am because of you all I could do was parade with women that was until I met…"

"Natsuki right…"

"Don't you say her name and I'm not going to be you when I have children I'm going to stay with Natsuki. I refuse to be you and leave my child! So don't you say her name you don't deserve the right."

"Kannin na, you have every right to be mad at me, I can't offer an excuse towards my actions. All I can say is that at the time I was scared, the life that I lived before marrying your father wasn't a good one. Therefore, instead of letting your father handle everything and having faith I grew scared, I didn't want you to grow up in a life shadowed by my mistakes. I knew how fame could hurt and destroy those who haven't even stepped out in the spot light I didn't want that for you."

"You know what I wanted I wanted a mother who was there damn it! You ran like a coward because of your past, you left your future, for the ghosts of the past. All I wanted…was my mother! It's because of you I'm this way!"

At this point time seemed to stop for us I couldn't tell how many drinks that I had, but tears blurred my vision. With everything that had happened, I proved that I was the weak one out of us. Looking up from my tears, I noticed the same trail of tears that my mother had as well. I watched in my tears as her hand reached for mine resting her smaller hand on top of mine, her sad smile melting the last of my fears.

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