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A/N: Here's the second chapter for this story, thank you so much for those who left their reviews. I couldn't reply to those people who didn't sign in but thank you so much. For those who followed and ticked the favorite box, thank you! If you have comments and suggestions, I would be glad to hear them all. Enjoy!
Chapter 2 – Dreams and Nightmares Part 2
With screeching tires and the smell of burnt rubber, a scarlet Porsche 918 Spyder abruptly halted at the front gates of Lillian Academy. Though the driver unskillfully parked the sleek car on the pavement to the annoyance of passers-by, it did not stop them to admire its powerful engine that purred like cat and its flashy color that made all eyes glued to its beauty.
Moments after the arrival of the million-dollar sports car, its door gracefully swung open revealing its deity-like driver in her casual skin-tight jeans and white button down long-sleeves that clung perfectly in her bottle-like body. She then removed her sunglasses and put it atop her head that is adorned with lustrous silvery-white hair that glisten under the sun. Squinting a little bit as the sunrays hit her forest-shaded eyes, confidently she treaded to her destination.
A few students have gathered around the entrance of Lillian to have a glimpse of the new arrival. They were all in awe of the silver-haired woman's elegance; they never thought they would see someone alive who could rival the beauty of their most revered Sachiko-sama – The Princess of Lillian.
Two first year students looked dreamily at the woman, startling them a bit when the said woman stopped in front of them. The goddess took the hand of the one nearest to her and suddenly gave the lucky freshman's hand a kiss earning her a deep crimson blush from the mesmerized girl as they lock their eyes together.
"I am looking for Fukuzawa Yumi, can you take me to her?" she asked the girl seductively without breaking their eye contact.
The underclassman with a short blonde pixie-like hair simply nodded to indicate she understood the lady, her brain cells ceased to function momentarily for she could not make out any coherent words thus resigning to a nod.
"A—ano, w-what is your r-relationship with Rosa Chi-chinensis en B-bouton?" Poor girl, she was still not able to recover from the shock she experienced awhile ago as she stammered with her unintelligible question.
As she slipped her arms around the shoulder of the gullible first year, the lovely woman whispered ever so lightly as she asked her victim another question, "You know darling, I'm really not from here and it would please me if you explain to me why you called my Yumi Rosa Chinen—uhm what's that again?" Anyone could just see that flirting seemed like a second skin to this unknown lady who traversed the cobbled paths of the Rose Mansion ever so gracefully.
Gathering her wits, the young girl answered the unreturned question. She steadied her breath and took one huge gulp of air and explained as if it's the last thing she'll ever do in her life. "Rosa Chinensis en Bouton is the official title of Fukuzawa Yumi-sama. She is one of the members of the Yamayurikai, our school's student council. Every afternoon, they hold their meeting at the Rose Mansion and that is where we are heading now." The girl was surprised with the confidence she had shown when just awhile ago she was stuttering like a broken record caught on rewind. She has always been a fan of Yumi and it gives her pride to show the woman next to her about her vast knowledge about the person she idolizes.
'Ara, Yumi has become an important figure here. I can't wait to see you, I wonder how you look like right now.' Chuckling to herself, the woman's aura seemed to change by the words she heard from the helpful first year. She couldn't feel more proud by the achievement of the person she was about to see in a few moments.
"Oh my, it looks like I have to compete with Rosa Chinensis en Bouton for your affection, my little pixie." the lady said with a playful smirk on her lips, and the young girl hurriedly walked to the statue of Maria-sama to hide her impending blush. She then put her hands together to give her silent prayer. Although it was not in the nature of the older woman to pray religiously and this action is new to her, seeing that it is a practice in this school to offer a prayer upon reaching the stone carving of Maria-sama, the silver-haired goddess clasped her hands together and uttered her own silent prayer. 'Thank you Maria-sama for giving me the love of my life. I love her so much and I would do everything to make her happy. Please watch over her for she is sometimes clumsy.'
They continued their walk towards the student council's sanctuary to where the young En Bouton can be found. Arriving at the Rose Mansion, the mysterious woman marveled at the structure before her eyes. It sure doesn't look like a mansion but more of a home; the structure itself is located far off the main school building surrounded by trees giving it a welcoming feeling. However, even with the welcoming façade, the Rose Mansion invokes a certain atmosphere that screams 'Off-Limits' to people who are not involved with the Mistresses housed in the mansion.
After what seemed like an eternity, the two women finally reached their destination. Such short distance took forever to reach. If they had run, it would probably take them just a few minutes but it seemed like walking slowly is preferred in this school. The younger between the two pointed to the other woman that the meeting usually takes place on the second floor.
"Arigatou, my lovely fairy" out of habit, the taller woman kissed the forehead of the unsuspecting first year. Electricity ran through the body of the underclassman as she stood on her spot - frozen, speechless and in a dreamy state.
"Oh my! I guess I still have it in me… The charisma of the Lady Cassanova strikes again!" And with that, the silver-haired goddess walked towards the entrance to the haven of the person she was looking for. With eagerness in her stride, the woman took bigger steps and excitedly turned the handle only to be welcomed by a deafening silence.
At first, the slender woman thought that people had left the building but she wanted to be sure so she climbed the stairs to the second floor. As she ascended the steps, the silver-haired goddess stopped and admired the stained glass art that could be seen upon stepping to the upper floor. It is a picture of the great family of roses, and as the sun shines through from the outside, it illuminated the whole room giving it a warm glow.
Ice cold green tea was served immediately to the people present at the Rose Mansion, and the windows to the second floor were slightly ajar to bring in the breeze that circulated around the enclosed area. It was the beginning of summer thus the temperature was starting to get humid. As hot as the weather was outside, the atmosphere that surrounded the three great roses of the Lillian Academy was as cold as the Arctic glaciers freezing down the other far-side of the Earth.
Silence enveloped the whole room as tension threatens to flare once again. Rosa Foetida, Hasekura Rei sits at the far end of the table where she and her cousin Shimazu Yoshino currently Rosa Foetida en Bouton usually sit. Yoshino, being herself, could not help but fidget under her seat. 'What the hell is going on? Yumi-san has a lot to explain later. This is so interesting!' She mused to herself.
"I'm sorry Hon-Shi-chan, we don't have raspberry syrup here, but would you like some milk for your tea?" Yumi asked their unexpected visitor and flushed a little bit when her tongue slipped and almost called their visitor in an endearing fashion, she only hoped that nobody noticed it as she gently shifted her weight to the right side of her body.
Quietly, Shimako sipped her tea carefully observing the events as it naturally unfold to her. Contrary to her serene and quiet behavior, her onee-sama, Satou Sei can't seem to stay still on her seat. Sei gave Yumi her famous Cheshire cat grin with a look of mischief and amusement while her Onee-sama Ogasawara Sachiko, raised her eyebrows upon hearing her petite soeur's statement. Her eyes shifted and shot icy daggers to the woman beside her beloved Yumi.
'Why is Yumi being so familiar with her? And what is up with that Shi-chan name thing? Was she about to call her Honey? Yumi wouldn't even call my name with that much affection, she calls me with a –Sama honorific when that woman gets a –chan attached to her name! That—That woman! She's bad luck! And what was she even doing here?' Sachiko's fuming with rage and her eyes blazing with homicidal intent, mentally she was murdering the woman called "Shi-chan" in 1001 ways she could think of.
Realizing that the younger girl had been standing the whole time, the silver-haired beauty grabbed the young Red Rose by the hips and slid her down her lap. Yumi let out a squeal by the sudden movement and blood rushed up to her face when she realized that she is now sitting on the woman's lap, her right shoulder leaning against the beauty's ample chest. She could feel the heat radiating from the goddess's body and slowly she relaxed from her tensed position.
"Still shy as ever? After all these years, you still haven't changed. And you know your squeals are music to my ears. And I'm glad you still remember how I prefer my tea." The woman giggled a little bit and moved her piercing gaze to the raven-haired girl.
"I wouldn't want my Yumi to feel uncomfortable unlike some woman I know, who doesn't even care if her underclassman has been growing roots while standing up for a long time." She smiled lovingly at the pig-tailed girl and smirked evilly at Sachiko who's now seething with jealousy and anger. Yumi's cheeks flushed even more upon hearing the words of the woman she's sitting on as she recalled what had transpired moments ago.
Yumi felt that her lungs forgot to take in the much needed oxygen when she collided with something soft and yet a little bit heavy for her meek body to carry. Gravity soon began to take its toll as the two bodies crashed on the wooden floor, momentarily the younger girl felt darkness envelope her vision but snapped out of it almost after a few moments.
Nostalgia suddenly hit Yumi when she felt somebody was on top of her, somehow in spite of the incident she was in right now, she felt safe and at the same time she felt familiar warmth embracing her body. Memories of not so distant past flashed in her mind when she realized that once before, she was also in this situation where she was also crashed by someone upon opening the biscuit door and now that person is none other than her beloved Onee-sama. It felt like déjà vu.
Scrambling to reach the fallen young girl, all the occupants of the Rose Mansion scurried off their seats to check on what happened to their precious Rose Chinensis en Bouton who fell on the hard floor with a hard thump. There, they found Yumi splayed on the floorboards, her eyes closed... unmoving and on top of her was the body of a full grown woman who suffered the same fate of the younger rose.
Sachiko was the first person to reach her petite soeur's side, her face drained of color upon seeing the condition of her beloved. Frantically, she called Yumi's name to get any reaction from the young girl.
"YUMI!"
"Are you ok?"
"Oh God! Yumi, please answer me."
Sachiko was about to push the woman off her imouto and move Yumi but she was halted by her classmate and bestfriend Hasekura Rei the current Rosa Foetida. Being an expert swordswoman and knowledgeable in sports injuries, Rei knew that they should not be moving Yumi to avoid further injuries.
"Sachiko, wait! You should't move them yet…" Rei warned the worried Rosa Chinensis as she crouched down to initially assess the two women on the floor to check for visible injuries.
"But Rei…" Sachiko wanted to protest more but she knew that Rei was right, she could even worsen the situation if not handled with caution. Yumi began to slightly stir and groaned a little bit when she felt the back of her head throb with dull pain. Just the same, the woman on top of the younger girl roused when she felt something or rather someone moving below her.
Yumi woke up from her temporary loss of consciousness when she heard the distress call of her onee-sama. "Ugghh.. Onee-sama?" she called out softly. "Onee-sama, I'm fine. I just need to get up here."
"Oh Yumi! You got me so worried. Are you hurt somewhere?" Sachiko asked her petite soeur with concern visibly traced in her voice.
The brunette tried to wiggle out from the position she was in but felt slightly stuck. She could freely move both hands and feet but the weight above her was preventing her from untangling herself. Looking down at her situation, Yumi just realized that she and the woman on top of her was somehow in a very… uhmm 'compromised' position.
When the woman began to come around, unconsciously she squeezed Yumi's front that made the young girl draw out a sharp intake of breath. Blood began to fill the en Bouton's face and her cheeks felt like they were on fire from the sudden touch she experienced and when the woman over her moved once again, out of panic Yumi tried to free her leg wriggling out from side to side to free herself, Yumi's knee accidentally pressed on to the sensitive area eliciting a seductive moan from the newly waken lady.
"Ahhnn…" The Yamayurikai stood on their place frozen when they heard the woman moan in pleasure; they could only observe with open-mouth the two people below them. Sachiko's eye twitched as she watched the woman on top of her beloved Yumi and suddenly something clicked inside of her.
"Excuse me. Will you get off my petite soeur?" Sachiko said firmly and with coldness in her voice.'I should have been the one on top of Yumi! But.. if Yumi prefers to be the one on top, who am I to refuse her, I would delightfully be the one on the bottom.' Heat crept up her face coloring deep crimson after having her not-so-ladylike thoughts for her dear petite soeur. Thankfully, nobody would know the real reason why she was blushing, for all they know she was just fuming with annoyance.
Yumi cringed when she heard her onee-sama's voice. It was filled with hate and loathing that tears were forming on her eyelids periously wanting to escape her mocha eyes. She could only assume that her onee-sama's fury was because of something that she did, with a sinking heart she thought to herself 'Onee-sama's really mad.'
The woman pushed herself up with her arms and tried to support her weight with both hands planted securely on the ground, her body almost parallel to the girl below her. She could almost feel the heat coming off the girl's skin, her long silver tresses curtained the young girl's face which somehow blocked the view of the people surrounding them. She moved a little bit closer to look at her victim's face and was utterly shocked to see that it was the person she was looking for.
"Yumi… I know you haven't seen me in a long time but shouldn't we wait until we get home before you ravish me, ne?" The woman said seductively almost breathing the words into the pig-tailed girl's ear. Yumi's already red face, tinted ten-folds darker if that was even possible when she felt hot breath brushing through her ears. She knew to whom the voice belonged to which made her heart thump 10x faster than usual.
The older woman then bolted right up gently pulling the young girl up and ferociously hugged Yumi knocking the air out of her lungs. "Shi-chan? Is that really you? What are you doing here?" the brunette excitedly asked the woman as she returned the hug with exactly the same intensity.
The woman hugged Yumi even tighter, after all she haven't seen her in a long time. When she was in school, she had to stay in the school dormitory and she barely went home during breaks. And now that she graduated from high school, the first person that she wanted to visit was her dear Yumi.
"Iyaaaah!" The young brunette shrieked and tried to break free from the arms that trapped her to the woman's body. "Shi! What was that for?" Her voice shrill and her face red as a ripe tomato, she felt so embarrassed after what the silver beauty had done to her. While in the midst of their embrace, the older woman suddenly groped her budding breast, clearly showing it off with a smug on her face.
Startled by Yumi's scream, Sachiko yanked her petite soeur away from the lecherous silver-haired visitor and held her firmly in her arms. 'Uggh! I just hate this woman! I thought that Sei-sama is a bad dream when she harasses Yumi but this woman is a walking nightmare! Why did you have to come here?' grumbling to herself, the older Red Rose drew Yumi closer to her body to protect her beloved petite soeur.
"Give MY Yumi back! She's mine!" said the unknown visitor of the Rose Mansion. "What right do you have to snatch Yumi just like that?" Pulling the younger girl away from Sachiko, the woman almost growled when Sachiko would not let Yumi's hand go. 'Aha!..I know that look, I do that all the time when I feel threatened when someone is going to steal away my beloved. I think someone is in love with Yumi. Ara! Just how many girls are running after you my dear Yumi? This is interesting.' The woman mused to herself, forest met with ocean as the two ladies had their match of throwing dagger-like glares to each other.
Almost immediately, Yumi was tossed from one body to another eventually becoming a violent game of tug-of-war. It seemed a bit childish for two grown up women fighting over a young girl as if she was a rug doll. The poor young girl could only wait for her impending doom before her body is torn midway, thankfully someone intervened between the battle of two lioness who seemed like they were fighting over for their mate, but unfortunately, the one brave soul who was not afraid to plunge head first in the war zone was no other than Satou Sei. Yumi, however, could not fathom whether she should be thankful for Sei's heroic rescue or it would have done her better if she just let herself be ripped to pieces.
Tired of the unending game of yanking, Satou Sei, former Rosa Gigantea grabbed Yumi and pulled the younger Red Rose close to her body. "Will you stop fighting over my Yumi-chan! I would prefer her in one piece so you two might as well break it off. You'd choose me over them, right Yumi-chaaaan?" said the energetic blonde as the young girl squeaked after being groped unmercifully.
"Where do you think you're touching Satou Sei?" Mizuno Youko chided whilst dragging the blonde by the ear, away from the poor young brunette. "Everyone please take a seat and let's discuss this in a civilized manner, shall we?"
'Oh wow! It's like seeing my bestfriend in highschool. They sort of have the same air when they talk and they somehow look alike.' the silver-haired woman thought while trying to compose herself.
They all proceeded to the long table and took their seats as they try to talk calmly about what had transpired moments ago. The members of the Yamayurikai, current and old seemed puzzled by Sachiko's hostility towards the sudden visitor. They have never seen her so irritated before for she always had a standoffish demeanor when she was around people.
"I'm very sorry for stepping in, but I believe it would be better if we all calm down." Being in her regal Rosa Chinensis stance, former Red Rose Mizuno Youko addressed the people inside the meeting room. Gently, she took a sip of her cold tea to diffuse the heat she was feeling not just from the hot summer weather but also from the intense event that came about earlier.
"I think it is only proper to introduce ourselves to get everyone more acquainted. My name is Mizuno Youko, former student of Lillian Academy." Said the older woman, she then turned her attention to the woman beside her to take her place in introducing herself.
"I am Satou Sei, former student of Lillian as well but currently I'm attending Lillian University. I just can't bear the thought of leaving my favorite Yumi-chan so I attended to the nearest university." After giving her short introduction, Sei quickly winked at Sachiko to infuriate her even further. Having seen what the blonde woman had done, Youko twisted Sei's ear really hard which made the former rose yelp in pain.
"Youko! What was that for?" protested Sei as she tried to rub her ears off.
Sensing the tension rising, Rei suddenly spoke up and began the introduction again. "Hasekura Rei, 3rd year student."
"Shimazu Yoshino, 2nd year student and a classmate of Yumi-san." Yoshino cheerily answered and looked at Yumi. She smiled at her bestfriend with that look on her face that says you-have-something-you-are-not-telling me. Yumi flinched slightly when she caught her friend's eyes, inwardly she sighed knowing that tomorrow she'll be bombarded with endless questions. Yumi looked at her onee-sama and to the woman next to her, their glares that shoot thousands of daggers sent chill to her spine.
Calmly, Shimako looked up at the people around her and smiled. "My name is Todou Shimako, pleased to meet you."
Yumi took a huge gulp of air and exhaled slowly, she wanted to calm her nerves before she introduce herself. Awkwardly she stood up from her rather unusual seat, she was grabbed by the silver-haired woman earlier and made Yumi sit on her lap. "My name is Fukuzawa Yumi, 2nd year student." Contented by the way she spoke, she brightly smiled which did not go unnoticed by her onee-sama.
'Wow! I could never get tired seeing that lovely smile of yours my Yumi.' Sachiko thought dreamily.
Returning to her stoic nature, she spoke with coldness in her voice. "Ogasawara Sachiko, I am Yumi's onee-sama."
Unfazed by the cold welcoming of the raven-haired beauty, the unnamed visitor stood up from her seat and looked at everyone with her forest-green eyes. "My name is Hanazono Shizuma, thank you very much for taking care of MY Yumi." Said the woman who smugly looked at Sachiko while emphasizing the word "my" before lovingly mentioning Yumi's name.
Sachiko could not resist anymore, her self-restraint failed the moment the woman with striking emerald eyes claimed her beloved petite soeur. Slamming both her hands on the table, Sachiko glared and yelled at the woman who is just mere inches away from her. "Why are you here Hanazono? You have no business here!" The people around the Ogasawara Princess were stunned by her sudden outburst, it was so unlike her to be so rude to someone especially if it's their first meeting, she was mostly unresponsive to other people but this one was somehow unusual for them to see.
"Uhm.. Ano.. Onee-sama.. You see.. Uhm Shi-ch I mean, I personally know Hanazono-sama." Yumi said with her most pleading eyes as if trying to reassure her onee-sama that she's ok, she has nothing to be mad about.
"You see, Hanazono-sama and I are—" Yumi could not finish her sentence, she was startled when the silver-haired woman stood up and cut her off.
"Yumi is my WIFE!"
A/N: There you have it. I hope you liked it, and keep sending those reviews. Let me know what you think.