Renegade
Trust
Disclaimer: I do not own Mai Hime.
Natsuki led Shizuru to a secret door behind a bookcase, which the golden haired woman eyed uneasily. "Why haven't I noticed any of this?" Shizuru regarded Natsuki with her wine eyes. Natsuki grinned and answered, "Whenever we went out, the HiME squad would renovate."
Shizuru shook her head and planted her hands on her hips. Natsuki inwardly cringed and knew she would have to explain a whole lot of secret information.
"Shizuru, I know that you're confused, but we have to go!" Natsuki put her foot down, raising her voice to remind Shizuru of the seriousness of this situation.
Sipping from a tea cup, that appeared during Natsuki's ego trip, Shizuru scanned the cobalt haired girl who was rapidly losing her temper.
"Why can we not go through the woods?" Crimson pierced emerald, the tension becoming more noticeable. Natsuki turned to the wall and made violent strangling motions with her hands, before turning back to Shizuru, who had cocked a eyebrow in her direction.
"Because those soldiers could be waiting to kill us, now move your ass!" Natsuki bellowed, grabbing Shizuru's arm and taking her into the secret corridor behind the door. Shizuru winced, very much reminded that her daughter was abducted by very dangerous people. But, that still didn't mean her Natsuki had to be a beast to her.
Rubbing the ring on her left hand, Shizuru followed Natsuki down the corridor, the latter finally releasing her arm. "We'll get Shizuki back." Natsuki spoke confidently, kicking the dark wall in front of her down, revealing the harsh snow storm that brewed up.
'I never doubted.' Shizuru thought, admiring her Natsuki's calm exterior, but knowing inside the emerald eyed woman was torn from their daughter's kidnapping.
Fishing a set of keys out of her pocket, Natsuki looked back at her wife, to make sure she hadn't gone on her own. That would have been very messy.
"We'll take a jeep that I hid in the woods, it's a rather long ride to the HiME headquarters." Natsuki informed, and suddenly remembered Mai's broken voice on the phone.
'I hope she's okay, the rest of them as well. Mai...' Shaking her head to rid herself of streaming tears, Natsuki unlocked the jeep which was covered with a pure white sheet, perfectly camouflaged. The couple entered the vehicle, and got ready for the trek.
Bloodstained walls were unforgiving on evergreen irises. Fear clutched the hearts of the hopefuls, and Natsuki rushed around the facility. Kicking down an oddly clean door, Natsuki let out a breath of relief. Mai was resting on a bloody cot, with the rest of the small squad around her.
"Oh thank Kami, Natsuki! We thought it might be them again." Mai spoke, trying to rise from the cot. "Lay down, idiot! Those guys got you good." Nao ordered, pushing down on the carrot haired girl's shoulders.
Shizuru entered the room, and everyone looked to the newcomer. "Oh right, this is my wife Shizuru." Natsuki explained, taking a seat in a wooden chair next to the cot. "Nice to meet you all, just under horrific circumstances." Shizuru bowed and everyone laughed nervously.
"So, Natski informed you of the HiME's?" Lime eyes narrowed at the Kyoto woman, and Shizuru felt wary. Clenching her hand behind her back, Shizuru just stared back at the red headed young woman. The tension swirled in the air, and Shizuru clenched her hand tighter.
"Welcome." Nao finally said at last, causing Shizuru to take a step back from the weight being lifted from her chest, her hand resting in front of her.
"Mai, are your injuries serious?" Natsuki placed her porcelain hand on the lavender eyed woman's forehead, soothing Mai with the cold. Closing her eyes in the blissful feeling, Mai smiled sweetly, opening her eyes as she shrugged.
"A few bullets can't bring me down. Nor any of us." Mai commented, and Natsuki let out a husky chuckle. Heat flowed into Mai's face, and she shook her head to rid herself of the feeling, clearing her throat and gesturing for Shizuru to sit.
Choosing wisely, Shizuru waited until Natsuki sat back in her chair, then proceeded to sit in her lap, wrapping her arms around the cobalt haired woman.
Natsuki's face flushed and she cleared her throat uneasily.
"We should explain to Mrs. Kuga why our dear friend here is not dead. Why we're all still alive, though we've undoubtedly been shot at." Nao suggested, glaring at a wound on her leg.
Shizuru's eyes widened, and reached for the arm Natsuki was shot in, only to discover a small pink scarred area. Natsuki chuckled at the confused look in those beautiful crimson orbs, and gestured for Nao to explain.
"Well, we have these...powers you could call them. We heal faster than anyone, and some of us can even control the elements." Nao began, scratching the back of her head wondering how she would efficiently explain.
"Elements?" Shizuru asked, fine brows knitting together. Natsuki tapped her chin, thinking. "Oh, remember when we were going to have our wedding, and a horrible winter storm raged in?" Natsuki asked, and Shizuru nodded, as if she could ever forget the day she made Natsuki hers for all eternity. "And remember when it suddenly stopped and it was the most beautiful, sunny day of the year?" Shizuru's eyes widened and she looked into emeralds.
"You can control the snow?" Shizuru was in disbelief, but it would explain the porcelain woman's cool attitude.
The sound of hurried footsteps made Nao stand at the ready, until a girl with golden eyes arrived at the doorway.
"Ah, it's only Mikoto." Nao explained, gesturing for Shizuru to relax, though the woman was too transfixed with the information.
"Mai!" Mikoto attempted to dive, but another woman caught her, long red hair swaying slightly. "Mikoto, Mai is injured, so no jumping." The woman ordered and Mikoto was let down, only to rush to Mai's side.
"Ah, so this is the lovely Shizuru we've heard so much about." Midori flashed a smile, after seeing the hinting in Natsuki's cold eyes, and extended a hand to the crimson eyed goddess. Mikoto, following the flow, spoke next. "She is as beautiful as you said Natsuki!"
Natsuki felt some guilt stir, but emerald met lavender and the cobalt haired girl smiled lovingly.
I apologize for the wait, and short chapter, but I have had a rather unfortunate mishap. After a brutal fight with a unforgiving couch I had to sleep on, curse it, I have had an intolerable pain in my back. But anyway, I will try to make more chapters, so never fret!
