Sunrise Owns Mai Hime, i own nothing! Ok this is a hella long chapter compared to the first two but i just couldn't decide how to break it up so here it is! Hopefully it makes sense:)
Finally, the class ended and students packed up their stuff to leave. "Great, just fuckin' fantastic," Natsuki grumbled to herself as she waited for her dreaded group to 'contact' her.
"Ara, Kuga-san is it?" A heavenly accented voice pulled her from her brooding. She turned around to see the most gorgeous girl she had ever laid eyes on. How did I miss her when I came in? Natsuki thought to herself. Oh, yeah you were too busy being pissed at the sensei and loudmouth. The beauty's body was very shapely and she was certainly well-endowed in a specific area. Her wavy honey-colored hair framed her face perfectly, making her look like some sort of goddess. She was dressed in the usual school uniform but had on a tan jacket instead of the orange vest. Hmm thats a little weird, Overall her appearance was breath-taking to say the least but the most interesting part about her was her eyes. They were red, not light brow or amber, but a striking crimson and Natsuki found herself hypnotized by them.
"Ara, do you see something you like Kuga-san?" Her voice teased.
She felt her face erupt into a fierce blush. "Uh, no. I mean yes, I mean uh c…can I help you with something?" What the hell? Baka speak normal, she's just a girl, a really freakin hot girl but come on you don't stutter!
"No I don't need anything Kuga-san unless there's something you want to help me with?" Came the teasing voice once more. Natsuki tried and failed to repress another blush as she shook her head from side to side. Ok, is it just me or did that sound a bit sexual? No, she couldn't have I don't even know her. "Oh well that's a shame, I just wanted to make your acquaintance because it seems we are in the same study group." The brunette said with a stunning smile. "I'm Fujino Shizuru."
"Good to meet ya Fujino-san, I'm Kuga Natsuki but jut call me Natsuki cause I'm not really big on the whole honorifics thing." Natsuki said as she tried to pull away from the crimson gaze.
"Ara, ara, we've only just met and Natsuki-san wants to be on a first name basis? How bold," Shizuru said as she pulled a paper from her bag and started writing on it.
"Baka, that's not what I meant! I just am not used to them so I don't want people to freak out if I forget them!" Natsuki replied frankly as she got up from her desk.
"Ikezu! So Natsuki-san think's I'm the type of girl to 'freak out'?" She put down the paper she was writing on and covered her face with her hands, letting out a distressed sob. "We've only just met and Natsuki-san is already assuming such things!"
Shit! I don't know what to do when girl's cry! "No I don't think you're that kind of girl, I just know that honorifics are a big deal in Japan and I just didn't want to insult you! Please don't cry!" Natsuki said while waving her arms frantically.
Shizuru lowered her hands and gave Natsuki a dazzling smile with no evidence of tears on her flawless skin. "Ara, so Natsuki-san doesn't wish to offend me? Does that mean she likes me?"
"No, I mean yes, uh, dammit woman!" Natsuki growled in frustration. I think I've just been played! Well I'm not going to give her the answer she's looking for! "Sure, I don't to offend you, you are in my group after all." She said looking at the red-eyed beauty. She could help but feel a little sad at the look of disappointment and crossed those stunning features. "You can drop the 'san' also, just plain Natsuki is fine." She said with a lop-sided grin hoping to lift the mood of the other girl.
Her face brightened at Natsuki's words. "Alright Nat-su-ki but you must do the same." She placed the paper in Natsuki's hand. "Haruka-san and Yukino-san have already left to the next class but here is our room number. You can just stop by here if you have any questions about what our group needs to be doing. Feel free to drop by anytime." She said with a genuine grin.
Natsuki couldn't form any words so she just took the paper with a hasty nod. Oh gawd she is so hot, and she touched my hand for a second there. This day just got like ten times better. "I hope to see you soon Natsuki." The gorgeous girl bid her farewell with a wink and exited the classroom. Natsuki stood there dazed for a moment, a blush still plastered on her ivory skin. She soon shook herself out of her Shizuru-induced daze and left the room. Well so much for playing it cool...Baka!
The rest of the day went by fairly pleasantly. She had History and Fine Arts with Mai, Nao, and Chie, and she had the brunette beauty in her other more advanced classes. She smiled to herself as she made her way to the last class of the day. P.E. Fuuka Academy is just getting better and better. She reminisced on how her and her childhood friends spent all of the lunch period getting reacquainted with each other. That was really good other than all the question's about why had to go to America... I guess I should probably tell them about it tonight. They deserve to know what's going on. She stepped into the locker room and found her three companions there also. Well speak of the devils, or more like think of them."Hey guys you ready for this?" She called to get their attention.
"Hells yeah, I'm always ready Natsuki, you should know that!" Chie answered wiggling her eyebrows suggestively.
"Wow, how can you take everything and turn it into something perverted?" Natsuki replied looking away.
"You don't even know mutt, this is just the tip of the hentai iceberg that is Chie."
"Oh great, now I'm really worried about being roommates with you guys, I might have to switch out." Natsuki said as she started to change.
"No you won't mutt, wanna know why?" Nao said with a smirk.
"Not really, cause you are just as perverted as her and I'm afraid of what you'll say."
"Hey I resent that, I'm nowhere near that horndog's level! I was just gonna say because we have Mai and she's the only one who will make your gross mayo ramen thing you used to eat!"
"Hey, so I'm just used for my cooking abilities?" Mai said taking offense. "If that's true then I'll just won't make it for Natsuki's first night back."
"NO! Don't listen to her Mai, she's lying! I like you for more than just your cooking skills." Natsuki begged, subconciously using her puppy eyes.
"No, not with the eyes! Fine, I'll make something for you but not for those two other undesirables."
"Hey, don't be like that Mai!" Nao whined. "It was just a joke!"
"I don't know what you're talking about Mai, I'm always desirable." Chie remarked as she sensuously put on her uniform for emphasis.
"Shut up Chie!" Everyone yelled as they finished dressing and walked out to the track.
Shizuru enjoyed the feeling of sunshine on her face as she walked around the track with Yukino and Haruka. They all had P.E. for their final class of the day and she was in a very good mood due to the appearances of a certain blunette in half of her classes. How lucky I am that I'll get to see her so much in a day! I'm going to have a hard time retaining my focus in my studies. She continued to think of her mysterious Natsuki when she realized her class wasn't the only one on the field. Hmm, I wonder what this is all about. She jogged to the mass of people surrounding a teacher.
"Alright kids this is how it's gonna go, this year because of how many students are enrolled, the P.E. classes will have to share the field. This does not mean you class is combining! You'll still be doing separate activities for most of the time, you'll just be sharing the field understood? Ok so second years are with me and the first years are with Midori-sensei." Said the gruff voice of the teacher. Hmm first years? I wonder… She scanned the crowd for Natsuki but before she could find her the crowd of second years dragged her away from the other class. She turned away from her search and listened to what the sensei wanted them to do.
After Shizuru had finished the designated laps of jogging she sat on the soft grass of the field. She was joined by Haruka and Yukino as they caught their breath. "Hey look!" Haruka said between pants. "The first years are lining up to do a four by four trace."
"The word is race Haruka," Yukino corrected.
"Isn't that what I said? Oh look Bubuzuke there's your stalker from last year." Haruka pointed at a girl with short green hair and a somewhat pained expression on her face.
"Ara, yeah it seems so Haruka-san. I hope she hasn't seen me." Shizuru sighed and turned away. That Tomoe is really starting to creep me out. At first it was kind of sweet how she followed me around, but now it's just really worrying. It's not like I don't have enough of those fangirls.
"Too late for that Bubuzuke, she's waving at you even though your head is turned." Haruka laughed at the sight of Tomoe desperately waving while Shizuru is facing the other direction. "Oh and there's that delinquent who's in our English group behind her."
Shizuru's head snapped around at the mention of Natsuki. Sure enough, behind a frantically waving Tomoe was a Natsuki mimicking her movements in an extremely overdramatic fashion, her little crew of friends laughing on the side. When Shizuru head turned Tomoe's waving became more frenzied and so did Natsuki's copying. Whenever Tomoe turned around to see what was causing the noise behind her Natsuki stopped and pretended that she was stretching. Shizuru laughed out loud at the sight, making her two friends laugh also. "She may be a delinquent but that is pretty funny." Haruka stated as she watched the interaction.
A whistle blew signaling the first runners of the relay to line up at the starting line. Tomoe stopped her waving and gave Shizurua a big thumbs up before returning to her team. Natsuki noticed this and gave Shizuru a double thumbs up with a cheesy grin on her face. That girl, Shizuru shook her head and wagged her finger at Natsuki like you would with a naughty child. Natsuki just stuck out her tongue and turned to go to her team. You are certainly a trouble maker aren't you my Natsuki?
Once all the teams were lined up in their correct lanes the sound of the starting gun was heard and the runners took off. Shizuru recognized the first leg of Natsuki's team was Chie Harada, the same girl who wanted to DJ for the school dance. For the most part the teams were staying pretty even during this part of the race. When the first legs finished their lap and passed the baton to the next person it was still neck and neck between everyone. The second member of Natsuki's team was a red head that Shizuru didn't know. Most of the other teams started to fall behind now leaving the race for first between Natsuki's team and Tomoe's team. Shizuru watched as Tomoe leaned over and whispered something in her teammate Miyu Greer's ear before the runner's reached the hand off area. The batons were then passed to the third leg. This was between a rather busty redhead on Natsuki's team and Miyu Greer on Tomoe's team. These two racers were way ahead of the pack but still right next to each other for the majority of the lap. Coming around the final curve of the track Miyu stuck her leg in front of the redhead causing her to trip. The redhead went down hard and skid across the track. Everyone watching the race gasped at the dirty tactic.
"THAT'S ILLEGAL!" Haruka screamed after watching the whole thing. "SHE SHOULD BE DISCHARGED!"
"The word's disqualified, Haruka-chan." Yukino corrected but the blond was far too angry to hear her. The redhead hurriedly picked herself up and sprinted trying to catch up but Miyu was already thirty feet in front of her and handing the baton to Tomoe. Shizuru looked at Natsuki and saw her face red and contorted with rage.
"Come on Mai, you got it! Just make it here and I'll finish this." The husky voice yelled encouragement to her friend. The girl, who Shizuru assumed to be Mai, made it to the hand off zone and gave Natsuki the baton. The blue haired girl took off with almost inhuman speed. Tomoe was about thirty feet ahead but that didn't seem to matter.
"HOLY ZEUS SHE'S FAST!" Haruka commented as Natsuki sped up the track making up for any time lost by Mai's stumble. She soon caught Tomoe and gave her a look that would stop most people dead in their tracks. The whole field was consumed with the cheers as the two competitors came around the final curve. Tomoe looked panicked while Natsuki looked like she hadn't even broke a sweat yet. In desperation Tomoe tried to do the same thing that Miyu did and stuck her foot in front of Natsuki. Natsuki hurdled the foot with ease and then took off even faster, she passed Tomoe easily and glided through the finish line with time to spare. She was met with the cheers of her friends and classmates as they all crowded around her. People were high-fiving and slapping her on the back for a job well done.
"WHAT A COMEBACK!" The voice of Midori sensei was heard over all the cheering. "And the winners are Harada, Yuuki, Tohika, and Kuga! Congrats!"
The group of girls high-fived each other as they cheered. Tomoe and Miyu walked past the victorious group and said something that Shizuru couldn't quite make out. Natsuki took a few very threatening steps towards them clenching and unclenching her fists but was held back by Chie and the Mai girl. During this excitement Midori made another announcement. "Kuga-san, stay after class a moment please, the rest of you are dismissed."
Shizuru shook of the daze she was in due to Natsuki. She was still captivated by how how good Natsuki looked in her P.E. uniform and how athletic the girl was. So that body isn't just good looking, she mused. Well, I ought to go congratulate her. "I'll see you back at the dorm later alright?" She asked her two friends.
"Sure Bubuzuke we'll see ya then." Haruka replied as Shizuru rose from her position on the grass and headed in the direction of the blunette and the very enthusiastic teacher.
Adrenaline was still pumping in Natsuki's veins as she waited to talk to Midor-sensei. The only reason she even listened to her request was because she concluded the Midori was the best teacher at this school and she liked her. She seemed way more relaxed than any of the other uptight educators.
"Mai are you sure you're alright? You don't need to go to like the nurses or anything?" She asked while inspecting the scrapes covering her friends legs.
"I'm fine Natsuki, don't worry about it. Just don't do anything stupid to get kicked out of school, you only just got here." Mai said as she started to walk back to the locker room with Nao. "We'll meet you at the dorm after to talk to Midori-sensei k?"
"Alright I'll meet you guys there, I feel like I owe you an explanation anway."
"Damn right you do mutt! So hurry this meeting along" Nao added they walked off. "Chie stop creeping on those girls and come on!"
"But Nao, I was just-"
"I don't care what you were going to do just come on already!"
Natsuki chuckled as she watched them walk away. She stretched out on the soft grass as she waited for everyone to clear out so she could talk to Midori-sensei. Natsuki tried to think relaxing thoughts but she really just wanted to go and punch that Tomoe girls face in, and her friend Miyu too. It was easy to see that the whole idea came from that green-haired freak. I could take both of them easily, probably even one handed. How dare they do that in a fuckin P.E. race? Mai got all scratched up from the track! I should bash their heads in or give em' a roundhouse kick to the face. And then they come and talk shit to our faces, it's a good thing those two held me back or they would be so dead right now. She stopped her violent thought process once Midori made her way to her.
"That was some race kid," Midori said enthusiastically as she helped Natsuki up from her sitting position. "Are you in any clubs?"
Natsuki grinned at the red-headed teacher. "No I'm not, I've never really been in any before so I don't know what I would do."
"Well, one's thing's for sure is that you are athletic as hell. I mean I've never seen anyone as fast as you before." Midori looked at Natsuki approvingly. "You have to have been doing something to get into that good of physical condition."
"Well, I've been doing kick-boxing for five years so I guess that kept me in pretty good shape."
"Ah, that makes sense. Well, there are a lot of athletic teams here at Fuuka that could use a kid like you so take a look at this and let me know what you think alright?" She handed Natsuki a list of all the sport teams at Fuuka.
"Alright sensei will do," Natsuki said with a mock salute.
Midori groaned. "I already told ya earlier kid, don't call me sensei it makes me feel old!"
"Yeah, yeah, I'll see ya tomorrow." Natsuki waved and started to head towards the locker room. Her progress soon came to a halt when she saw the crimson-eyed girl who had been occupying her thoughts all day. Damn, she looks good in those shorts and t-shirt! Oh no, focus Natsuki don't look down. You don't want her to think you're some sort of pervert. "Hi, Shizuru" She said. Mission complete, greeting without a stutter!
"Ara, hello Nat-su-ki. That was quite a race, congratulations." Ara, she is sure staring intently at my face, perhaps she's trying hard to- no naughty thoughts again.
"Oh thanks, it was nothing really. I don't know what kinda school makes their students run a four by four their first day but whatever I guess." Natsuki said while blushing profusely. Shizuru giggled at this answer.
"Well you certainly succeeded so I guess it worked out." She said with a smile. "So are you going to join any of the athletic clubs?"
"I don't know, I've never really been into that kind of thing. We'll see I guess."
"Oh I definitely hope too, Natsuki," Shizuru teased. "So are you going to come to my room tonight?"
The question totally caught Natsuki off-guard causing her face to explode into the biggest blush of all time. "W..why would I d..do that?" She said as she tried to gain her composure.
"Ara, for our English group. What were you thinking Nat-su-ki?" Shizuru giggled at she took in Natsuki's reaction.
"Oh nothing, yeah er...the English group, that makes sense." Natsuki pulled together a response while staing intently at the ground. Baka! What were you thinking? Of course she doesn't want it for those reasons, you barely know her and she might not even swing that way. For some reason that thought caused Natsuki to grimace slightly. This didn't go unnoticed by Shizuru who looked at her with concern. Natsuki hesitantly met the crimson orbs and said "I don't think I can tonight I have some things I gotta do."
"Oh, that's ok Natsuki. Another time then?" Asked the Shizuru hopefully. Ara please say yes! I don't like that forlorn look on her face.
"Sure," Natsuki said as she started rubbed the back of her neck nervously. She sounds like she's excited about it. Maybe I should hold off on the self pity thing until I know for sure. "I'd really like that." The look of glee on the brunettes face made her regain her usual confidence. "As long as that foghorn doesn't yell the whole time I'll come over sometime." Shizuru giggled at that retort but then Natsuki remembered earlier when the teal-haired freak had been waving at Shizuru. "Oh and hey, do you know that freak with green hair?"
"Ara sadly I do, she's a very enthusiastic fan of mine." Shizuru said while shaking her head. "I was very sorry to see what her and her team did today, I hope your friend isn't hurt too terribly."
"Oh Mai's fine but that girls not gonna be-"
"Natsuki," her threat was cut off by Kyoto-ben. "Please don't do anything violent I'd hate to see you get in trouble for the sake of Tomoe-san."
"Ok fine, she gets off this time but if something like this happens again I'm gonna kick her ass!" Natsuki said forcefully. People can mess with me all they want but I draw the line when my friends are involved.
"Ara, if she does something like this again perhaps I'll join you." Natsuki scoffed, "I hardly think that's your style Shizuru."
"Oh and what is my style Natsuki?" Shizuru answered as she playfully nudged Natsuki's shoulder. "You don't think I'm capable?"
"Oh I think your very capable but I just can't see you getting in a fight, you seem to lady-like for that kinda stuff."
"Ara, I'll just have to prove my Natsuki wrong then ne?" Shizuru said as she grabbed Natsuki and put her in a light head-lock.
"Hey, what the-" Natsuki fought back gently to not hurt the older girl. 'My Natsuki?' Did she just claim me? She succeeded in prying off Shizuru's grip and flicked the brunette on the forehead. "You know what if that's all you got then maybe I was wrong about the whole capable thing." She grinned and put some distance between the two of them as she awaited the brunettes reaction.
"Izeku! Alright, maybe I should leave the ass-kicking to you then." Natsuki smirked at this, "Yeah well, maybe I'll give you lessons sometime?"
"Ara, I'll hold you to that Natsuki! I have to go pick up some paperwork but I'll see you tomorrow," Shizuru said as she briskly jogged off towards the second years locker room. Natsuki watched for a moment, thoroughly checking out Shizuru's ass as she ran away. Well, this is the best first day of school in the history of the first days of school!
Little did they know that a certain green-haired girl had watched the scene intently, her face showing nothing but contempt and anger. So that bitch is trying to steal Shizuru-sama away from me? I won't let that happen Kuga-san, I promise you that!
Ok, for those of you who don't know a four by four race is a track event where there are four people who each take a turn sprinting one lap around the track. They hand off a baton to their teammates to it's a relay. A 'leg' is an individual part of the race, so their are four in this type of race.
Thanks for the reviews! They are definitely huge motivators:) Sorry about any mistakes it's unbeta'd so I'm sure there are some that I missed! So uh does anyone have any suggestions on what sport Natsuki should play? I'm having a really hard time picking one, so let me know if you have any ideas:)
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