Wolf Devil Woman
Chapter 3
Chie, Nao and Mai decided to sleep in one room, while Miyu decided to leave the woman in her room along with the wolf pup while she will room in with Himeno Fumi.
It was in the middle of the night when the three guests suddenly heard the wolf pup howling
Chie and Mai’s eyes widened when they realized that the howling could wake a blue haired princess and that their surprise will be for nothing if Natsuki wakes up and finds the wolf and the wolf devil woman in Miyu’s room
“Chie!” Mai called out, alarmed, “The pup is howling!”
Chie frowned, “I know!” she said and then she looked at Nao who was still sleeping soundly with a smile on her face, “Who the heck do you think is in Nao’s dream that she have that kind of smile on her face?” she asked suddenly.
“Miyu perhaps!” Mai replied, “Chie! What are we going to do?”
Chie took a deep breath, let it out before speaking, “Wake Nao,” she instructed and the fiery haired girl complied, but it seemed sleep has a tight hold on Nao for the red headed woman won’t wake up despite the forceful shake Mai gave the sleeping woman.
Mai scowled as she thought of another way to wake the woman and after about ten seconds of thinking, her scowl became a grin and then she leaned to whisper in Nao’s ear, “My God Nao, Miyu has removed her lingerie already! God what good bre…”
Even before Mai ended her sentence, Nao shot up from her bed and dumbly looked around to probably see the now ‘nude’ Miyu. When her hazy brain cleared and realized that she was played at, she glared at her two companions who were laughing their asses out as they watched Nao’s comedic action, “The HELL…” her scream was interrupted when she heard the loud howling sound, “Did you hear that?” she asked her eyes wide, her angered face was replaced by a scared one, “Did you?!” she said like a scared kid.
Chie and Mai’s laugh intensified at Nao’s reaction.
“What the hell are you laughing about?!” Nao screamed while she shivered from fear.
Chie was the first one to gather her wit, “Who wouldn’t laugh Nao? First you shot up from bed like a zombie looking for a naked Miyu, and then your eyes bugged out as if you are seeing a ghost!” she explained and laughed once again.
“But there’s a howling sound!” Nao reiterated.
Mai took a deep breath and when she was calm enough, she raised an arm and put it on Nao’s shoulder, “It was the wolf pup Nao, the one you caught in the forest, the wolf that was with the red eyed devil.”
At Nao’s realization of what’s happening, she harrumphed, removed the hand on her shoulder and pouted, “You could have just told me that instead of laughing at me. I was jerked from sleep you know!” she said.
Chie and Mai imitated Nao’s pout, their lower lips quivering, their eyes looked pitiful, “Aww…Nao was jerked awake and now, poor Nao was being laughed at…” Chie teased which earned her a pillow on her face.
“And why the hell did you two have to wake me?”
“If that howling continues, Natsuki might be pulled from her sleep, and we never know what she’ll do. We don’t want to spoil our surprise for Natsuki right?”
Nao dumbly nodded her head without understanding Mai’s explanation, but as soon as she realized what the fiery haired woman meant, her eyes widened and she stood up at once, “Shit! We need to stop that wolf from howling!”
Chie looked at Nao and then at Mai, “That’s what I thought.” Her phrase was followed by her standing up and walking out of the room. The taller woman was followed by her companions, “We need to wake Miyu first.” Chie said.
At Chie’s plan, Nao’s face reddened, “B…but why?” she asked.
Mai chuckled, “Well, I don’t think you want to be the one to stop the pup from howling.” Mai said.
“B…but…”
Chie stopped walking and faced the red head, “Look, we’re not going to ask Miyu to kiss you or something, and Miyu isn’t naked, so can you stop stuttering ‘but’ and just follow us?”
Chie’s earlier words intensified Nao’s darkened face, “Harada!” Nao growled the name.
Chie frowned, “Do you want to be the one to wake Miyu up?” she dared.
“I am not going to be lead into the middle of this…” Mai said as she shook her head
“I…I’m not going to…to do that…of…of course not!” Nao stuttered once again.
“Just as I thought, now can we please be quiet, we only want to wake Miyu, not Fumi-chan okay?” she said in a low, soft voice and the two other women nodded their heads.
The three crept quietly until they arrived at Fumi’s room. Chie knocked at the door softly, three heads were attached to the door on their ears trying to hear whether someone heard the knock, and when they heard a sound of feet rustling, Chie and Mai closed their eyes to pray that it was Miyu rather than Fumi.
“I hate what Fumi-chan will do to us once she learns that we’re still awake at this hour of night.” Mai said nervously.
“Us awake at this hour? I’m afraid of what she’ll do if she learned that we harbored a wolf pup and a wolf devil woman in this house, and even put them in Miyu’s room!” Chie said.
Nao frowned, “So what did Miyu told Fumi as the reason for her rooming in with her?” she asked and her question brought Mai and Chie’s eyes to widened.
“I’m sure Miyu will not divulge our secret! ‘cause if she did, we would have been reprimanded already.” Chie whispered.
Silence.
Then Nao’s eyes widened, “Don’t tell me that Miyu and Fumi…”
Mai and Chie’s eyes widened, “They are lovers?” they said a bit louder.
“Shhhh!” Nao even put a finger across her lips, but then her eyes suddenly change and the twinkle was replaced by a sad one.
Mai and Chie noticed the sudden change and the fiery haired girl put an arm on Nao’s shoulder, “Hey we were just speculating you know.” Mai assured Nao.
“Yeah, so as Mai said.” Chie added.
Silence.
Nao then huffed, “Who cares if Miyu is Fumi’s lover? It’s not as if I’m interested anyway!” she said trying to dismiss the subject, but it was obvious that the woman was trying to stop tears from falling from her eyes.
And before the two other women could huddle the sad red head, the door opened and Miyu appeared before them.
“Ojou-sama?” she said as a question and then she looked at the faces of the women in front of her, but her eyes focused longer on Nao who has her eyes a bit congested, “Nao ojou-sama cried?” she asked.
The sudden shift of attention to her caused the red head to blush and then she harrumphed and face the other way, not looking at the cyan haired older woman.
“Hm…” Chie made a sound and nodded her head while she grinned at the red head; her thoughts was interrupted by Miyu.
“What does ojou-samas need that you have to wake me up?” she asked flatly.
“Oh!” Chie looked back at Miyu, “We need you to come with us to stop the wolf from howling.” Chie explained
Miyu frowned, “But the howling stopped already, even before I opened the door.” Miyu reasoned.
“What?” The three women asked.
“Oh hell…you two were so busy teasing me we forgot about the howling wolf!” Nao said a bit louder.
“Shhh!” Mai clamped her palm on Nao’s mouth, “Not so loud, Fumi might hear us!” she said.
“If the howling stopped, then that means the devil woman is awake already!” Chie said.
“She might escape the mansion and take the wolf with her!” Mai added.
“We are so not going to let that happen!” Chie said.
“We need to get something to stop…” Nao’s suggestion was interrupted by Miyu handing over a wooden bat to her.
“Ojou-sama…” Miyu said looking at the blushing Nao.
Mai’s eyes widened, “Oh come on! Don’t tell me you’re planning on hitting the devil’s head with that baseball bat! You’re going to kill her!” Mai said disgustedly.
Chie glared at Mai, “No one’s going to kill anybody Mai! You’ve been thinking that ever since you saw that devil woman in my arms!” Chie said and was about to asked for Nao’s help but decided to keep her mouth shut when she saw Nao and Miyu staring at each other’s eyes…as if they wanted to kiss eachother right then and there…
“Ahrm!” Chie made a sound causing Nao to jerk from her stupor and Miyu to blush (for the first time!), “I believe we have something to do?” she asked.
Miyu and Nao nodded their heads together.
“Come on.” Chie said taking the bat from Nao’s deathly grip.
The others followed.
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The foursome walked carefully towards Miyu’s room with Nao leading the way, baseball bat still in her hands. She was being followed by Chie and Mai who was walking alongside of Chie. Miyu was the last woman; her eyes were roaming about trying to see if someone (particularly Fumi) was able to follow them. Nao ducked as soon as she reached the entrance to Miyu’s room and signaled her hand for Chie and Miyu to cross the door and take the other part.
Chie nodded her head as if she was being seen by Nao and took Mai with her to the other side and then ducked low. The two had their backs flat on the wall. Chie was the one in front and adjacent to the door sill. Nao’s eyes widened when she saw Chie took Mai with her, and realizing that it was Miyu who was situated closely at her back, the red headed woman blushed a deep red color. Chie and Mai noticed this and they grinned at Nao which earned them a silent, growling facial expression. Chie just shrugged her shoulders and took her eyes off Nao and slowly peeked in the ajar room door.
“Shit…” Chie whispered loud enough to be heard by others but not so loud as to be heard by anyone inside.
Mai and Nao frowned at Chie’s sudden cussing; Miyu wasn’t paying attention to the two as her focus was the silky skin on Nao’s nape so close to her. Chie didn’t noticed the servant at Nao’s back as she was busy mouthing Natsuki Kuga to Nao, and with Nao being so dense when it comes to ‘charade’ kept on frowning telling the other that she cannot decipher or read her lips.
“Ojou-sama…” Miyu said, the cold, alto voice of Miyu and her breathe that was so close to her exposed nape caused Nao’s skin to develop several goose bumps and she shivered a little, “I think Chie ojou-sama was saying that Natsuki ojou-sama is inside.” Miyu explained for Nao and this made Chie sigh in relief and mouthed ‘thank you’ to Miyu while Miyu nodded her head in acknowledgement. Her bowing her head made her chin come in contact with Nao’s nape that made Nao shiver again, a bit harder this time. The action didn’t go unnoticed by Miyu and the older woman’s face reddened.
“So what are we going to do? We can’t hit Natsuki’s head with this bat, though with her head so dense and hard, this bat will break but it’s not hurting her that worries me, it’s Saeko-sama’s reaction if she sees her princess with an ‘owie’ on her head tomorrow on her party!” Nao said softly.
Chie and Mai nodded their heads in understanding.
“So we’ll just let her in our secret this early?” Mai asked.
Chie and Nao frowned, “I don’t want to spoil our surprise.” Chie replied and Nao nodded her head in agreement.
They were interrupted by Miyu handing a small wooden pole at Nao. Nao who had successfully normalized her color once again heated up at the proximity of her body with Miyu’s own.
Chie shook her head along with Mai at Nao’s vulnerability when she’s with Miyu, but her curiosity was peaked now, “I don’t get it how you can materialize things at once, tell me the truth Miyu, are you really Mary Poppins in disguise?”
Miyu frowned when she didn’t understand the meaning of Chie’s question. Chie shook her head and waved her hand on the air dismissing the topic, “So what are we going to do?” Chie asked.
“Hit Natsuki ojou-sama with the pole,” Miyu said. Miyu’s companions’ eyes widened with the suggestion, “I don’t think there is any other way to make ojou-sama forget that there was something in my room,” she added and then as if the older woman acted intentionally, she leaned in forward to peeked inside, causing her chest to brush a bit harder on Nao’s back and her soft, silky neck be placed just beside Nao’s cheek. Nao’s eyes widened, her faced took a deep red color and she hold on tight to her nose and covered her mouth with her palm to prevent herself from a sure nosebleed and drooling, “And with that look ojou-sama is giving the devil woman, I don’t think she will forget, not even if we use hypnotism on her.” She said in her usual alto voice and returned to her place but not without her chest sliding lightly from Nao’s back.
“Miyu…” Mai called Miyu’s attention, “You’re going to be the death of Nao someday.” She said grinning, “Congratulations!” she added while she earned a death glare from Nao who hasn’t change her position yet.
Miyu bent her head sideway which Mai thought was cute, she wasn’t smiling but her eyes twinkled.
“How does hitting Natsuki’s head be of any help in making her forget about all of these?” Chie asked.
“Well, it er ard on er ed to mate er fortet,” Nao said
“NO WAY!” Mai said a bit louder, Chie and Nao both made an sshh sound, “No way!” Mai repeated in a whisper, “That’s a bad idea.”
“You got a better one?” Chie asked as she looked back at Mai.
“You can always convince her that she was just dreaming.” Miyu was the one who offered a suggestion.
Chie and Mai looked at Miyu and smiled. Nao lets her eyes focus on the pole on her hand
Removing her fingers from clamping on her nose and letting a single drop of blood spill to the ground, and then wiping off the drool on her mouth, Nao stood up, “Let’s get this over with!” she said as she sneaked inside and was glad that Natsuki was so lost in the devil woman’s face what power do you have devil woman to enchant even the most icy and stony person like Kuga? Nao asked herself.
Chie, Mai and Miyu remained outside, they were holding their breath as Nao stepped closer and closer to the unsuspecting blue haired princess. They closed their eyes when Nao raised the arm with the pole and landed it hard on the back of Natsuki’s head. Nao suspected that Natsuki’s eyes rolled up due to that hit, but she knew that nothing was broken Kuga has a hard skull, it could break a metal bat if she wants to Nao said trying to justify her action, and before she could process another thought, Natsuki fell off the bed, the red head threw the baton hurriedly and ran to her friend’s aid. She then looked at the three people outside and signaled for them to come in and help her.
Chie, Mai and Miyu helped eased Natsuki on the floor while Nao stepped closer on the sleeping wolf devil woman, she leaned in and felt for the woman’s temperature, and then her eyes went down to the woman’s injured leg and inspected it, “There’s still blood and pus accumulating on her wound, good thing we had paracetamol, her fever went down a bit.” She said and then she looked at Mai who was playing with the awakened wolf, “How’s the pup doing?” she asked.
“I think he’s okay, though his right paw is still hurting. He’s trying to keep it away from me.” Mai said as she made faces to the wolf.
“Good, we just had to keep the splint on that paw until it heals. The wolf’s wound isn’t as deep compared to the devil’s wound.” Nao said, Miyu looked at Nao with a proud eyes as if she was saying ‘that’s Nao ojou-sama’
“So what are we going to do with Natsuki?” Chie asked.
“We should bring her back to her room, it isn’t wise to leave her here and tell her she was just dreaming when she wakes up in the company of the two creatures she was supposed to be dreaming of, right?” Nao said and then she stood up.
Chie frowned, “You know sometimes, I wish you’re not that smart, you’re making me want to strangle you.” She said exasperatedly.
“Well, that’s stupid.” Nao said.
“At least I wasn’t the one who looked like a dumb looking for a naked Miyu!” Chie retorted, her claim caused the two women involved to blush.
“I’m going to get back at you for that Harada!” Nao exclaimed before she turned around hurriedly and left the room, leaving the other three to deal with the unconscious Natsuki.
“Why does Nao ojou-sama wants to see me naked?” Miyu asked loud enough to be heard by Nao.
Nao peeked inside the room frowning, “I wasn’t looking for a naked you!” she said, harrumphed and left.
Chie and Mai laughed and then they helped Miyu to carry Natsuki back to her room.
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Natsuki was standing in front of her opened walked in closet and her mother Saeko was standing inside and was holding two hanged clothes in each of her arms, the blue haired young woman was scowling while trying to decide what to choose between the two. Mai and Chie was there, the two were already done preparing themselves. Chie was wearing an all black Tuxedo that hugged her curves on just the right places. Her hair was nicely combed but no hair gel was present. She was wearing a well shined black “charol” shoes with plain black socks, over all Chie looked like a dazzling debonair with her look.
Mai on the other hand was wearing a two toned midnight gown, right upper side was brick red, the part travels down and to the left of the gown ending on her left foot, the left upper side was black and it too traveled down to the right of the gown terminating on her right foot. Separating the upper and the lower part was a princess cut seam that was covered by red and black sequins that runs around her body. The material of her gown was made from the finest velvet hugging the fiery haired woman’s body and leaving so little to men’s imagination, not to mention the twin slits that run from about five inches below her ilio-pubic area down, showing Mai’s silky, white and stockingless legs on both sides. The dress was supported by an intertwined black and red strap attached to simple haltered upper part, not too low to give a free show but not too high to cover Mai’s well endowed chest.
“Natsuki,” Saeko sighed, “What’s bothering you that you look so gloomy and to think that today is your most awaited party?”
Natsuki scowled more, “I had this terrible headache as if someone hit my head with something hard.” She said whining, this caused Chie and Mai to cough. Natsuki looked back at her friends with a frown, “If you two are sick, I suggest you go home or have Himeko-sama look at you. Fumi informed me that she arrived quite early for the party.” She said
“Oh I think that’s a good idea!” Chie said and then she smiled, “I think the blue midnight dress is the best for Natsuki Saeko-sama.” Chie offered, “Besides she should look like a princess since tonight is her special night.” She added and Mai nodded her head.
Saeko smiled at the two, “I think you’re right Chie-san, since Natsuki can’t make up her mind about what to wear, maybe it’s better if I choose for her.” She said winking at the taller woman.
Natsuki sighed and rolled her eyes, “If I choose the green and black tux, I am sure you’re going to insist that I wear the dress, so what’s the difference?” she asked and then she shook her head.
“Oh my Natsuki really knows her mother well!” Saeko said happily, “So I am happy that my Natsuki approves of this gown.” She said, bringing down her hand that carried the tux and laid the tux on the closet’s vacant space before she walked passed Natsuki to remove the gown from its plastic encasement.
Natsuki frowned and before Chie and Mai could walk out of the room she said, “Last night I heard and saw a wolf pup, and that’s not all, I also saw a goddess sleeping in a bed.” She said, her face suddenly had that dreamy look.
Chie and Mai’s eyes widened, good thing that their back was already facing Natsuki so the birthday girl didn’t noticed their whitened face.
“You were dreaming Kuga!” Nao said as she entered the room, she too was wearing a tuxedo that was a bit alike with that of Chie except for her tie.
Natsuki laughed when she saw Nao’s tie, Chie and Mai did the same thing, Nao frowned but her face was flushed, “My mother insisted that I wear this tie as this is her favorite.”
Nao’s tie was black, so it must look good on her black tux, but what made the other’s laugh was the multiple red lip prints on the tie.
“I think Nao here came from Miyu’s room so she could let the poor woman kiss her tie and make it look like a print!” Chie said grinning.
“Baka!” Nao exclaimed.
“And I bet it wasn’t just her tie that has lip marks…” Mai suggested
“Keep that up Tokiha or I’ll tell everybody that secret of yours!” she warned.
Mai’s eyes widened, “It was a fluke!”
Natsuki and Saeko scrunched their foreheads, “What secret?” Saeko asked.
“Mai used to mmmffff….” Nao’s sentence was halted by Mai clamping her palm on her mouth
“Ha-ha, we should leave Natsuki now so she could start preparing herself?” Mai said redirecting the topic from her.
Saeko nodded her head, “I think that’s the best idea,” she said then focus her gaze on Natsuki, but she returned her focus on Nao, smiled sweetly and said, “Nao-chan, can you call Miyu for me? I need her help with Natsuki.”
Nao blushed but she nodded her head in agreement.
“And I don’t want you to add anymore lips on that tie okay?” Saeko added to the retreating trio. She laughed when she saw Nao hurriedly walked out of the room followed by a laughing Chie and Mai.
Natsuki still had her forehead scrunched, “Why would Miyu put lip marks on Nao’s tie?” she asked in bewilderment
Saeko’s head shook as her daughter’s hyper dense brain didn’t get something even a toddler could, “I think I really need to make this party an opportunity for you to have a relationship Natsuki. Being cooped up inside the mansion is not doing any good with your brain.” Saeko said which earned a pout from Natsuki, “You’re as dense as your father.” She said before she pulled her daughter closer and enclosed Natsuki in embrace, “But I love the both of you.”
Natsuki smiled and revelled in the feeling of being hugged by her mother, “I’m sure father loves the both of us too…and speaking of love…” Natsuki pulled away and looked at her mother, “Aren’t you going to give Yuuki-sama a chance?”
Saeko frowned, “Chance? Whatever do you mean by that?” she asked
Natsuki took a deep breath and free herself from her mother, “And I thought I was the dense one.” She said before taking the gown and tried it on her
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“How is she?” Nao asked her mother, Yuuki Himeko. The blond woman was already done preparing herself; she was wearing a very revealing gown that shows her curved at just the right places.
“Well, your so called wolf devil woman has an infected wound; there was no major artery that was hit in contrast to your explanation to me over the phone. It was bleeding profusely because it was the superficial vein that was severed. I have to ligate it so that it would heal at once. It was a good thing that you started an antibiotic, intramuscularly…” Himeko stopped talking and looked at her grinning daughter, “Why are you grinning at me like that?” she asked as she put the last touches of her make up.
Nao shook her head and put her hands on her pant’s pockets, “The last time I saw you fret with your appearance was the time Dad asked you for your reconciliatory date.” She said.
At the memory Himeko sighed, “Yes, because I thought he wanted to be back with me,” She said.
“But he does right?” she asked, but it was clear that she was not interested.
“Yes he does, and I did not want to look good because I wanted to impress your father, I wanted him to regret what he did to me by showing on that date looking like a goddess. Don’t you think my idea was brilliant?” she asked smiling at her daughter.
“Oh it was, so…you’re not trying to look like a goddess to make someone regret right?” she asked again, the grin returned.
Himeko who was finished putting on a pair of earrings turned around and faced her daughter, “I don’t like the tone of your voice.” She said but Himeko was smiling at her daughter, she pulled her daughter and arranged the tie, “This tie looked good on you.”
“Yeah and you’re changing topic, so are you going to impress Saeko-sama so that she could finally see the light?” Nao asked.
“And what do you mean by that?” Himeko tried hard to fake a scowl but failed.
“You’re pining over Saeko-sama for who knows how long.” Nao said.
“Oi! Saeko and I are best friends, she was the reason I finally opened my eyes to see through your deceptive father!” she reasoned with a blush.
“Oh yeah, okay…but you’re blushing.” She said before she pulled away hurriedly from her mother and ran away, “See you at the hall, you have to be at the stair’s landing to greet Saeko-sama!” she teased before Nao disappeared.
Himeko smiled when her daughter was already out of sight, she raised her arms and held her hands on her cheeks, feeling the hot, flustered skin, “Yeah…way to go Himeko.”
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Mikoto was awakened by the sudden sound of music playing. The music was foreign to her ears but there were some words she could understand. So when her hazy brain cleared up and her stomach signaled that she needs food already, she stood and peeked at the hole from the barn’s wall.
Her eyes widened when she saw numerous machines that resembled the one she crashed unto last night…she frowned when it dawned on her that she has been sleeping since last night, and from what it looked like from the outside, it was already darkening which tells her that they’ve been gone from the village for almost 24 hours now Kruger will kill me, but I can’t go back without Shizuru, I’m not sure what these people will do to her! She thought, further attempt to think was interrupted by her stomach’s gurgling sound once again maybe these people are here for a gathering, and when there’s gathering, I’m sure there’s food! The thought of food already made the small woman to drool I can sneak in and find some food, and probably I can find Shizuru so we can both go home Mikoto smiled at that idea and with trembling knees she got up. She shook her legs first trying to let the blood flow on them before she started walking out of the barn, ducking once she was out and hid in the safety of the trees and bushes, stealthily advancing like a shadow under the moon light.
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There was no announcement. The loud music stopped and that signaled everyone in the dance hall that the celebrant is ready to show herself, the dance hall was a very large empty room that has mirrors as its walls, it has a double antique door and the door was facing the side of the elegant stairs. When a gathering is on going the doors were left open for the guest to see the in comings, and in a special occasion like this, where the nobles and the rich gathered for a celebration of womanhood, it served as a window for them to watch the celebrant descend the elegant stairs, in her most dazzling gown, escorted by her equally dazzling mother in her most gorgeous tuxedo. In front of the stars of the night were Miyu and Fumi, both women was dressed like one of them, the two being regarded as family instead of servants. Fumi was wearing a sweet pink gown that accentuates her hair, she was wearing a very light make up, but her graceful and poised movement wouldn’t be mistaken as a servant, but everyone agreed that she has nobility in her manners. Miyu on the other hand was graceful but was unlike Fumi, probably because she is much younger and much more athletic looking than the older woman. She was also wearing a gown in a sky blue color that accentuates her hair. Her crimson eyes were gleaming especially when those eyes met a pair of emerald ones.
“The debutante, Natsuki Kuga!” the mansion’s butler announced as soon as Natsuki sets foot on the ground floor and walked towards the dance hall.
She was greeted by the guest’s loud singing of ‘Happy Birthday To you’, she smiled at everyone and nodded her head to acknowledge everyone.
Saeko looked at her daughter proudly and then turned her focus to meet green eyes that was owned by a very lovely woman, Yuuki Himeko. The blond woman bowed her head as a greeting to Saeko and Saeko smiled back and returned the gesture, then she motioned for her friend to meet her after Natsuki finished her duty as the night’s hostess.
Mai and Chie was grinning widely, especially Chie as Senoh Aoi was clinging on her arm, their body sending signals both women ignored for the longest time. Mai was happy until her eyes met that of Yuuichi Tate’s eyes.
Kanzaki Reito has his eyes focused on one woman, an older woman but her grace and poised caught his attention at once, He had been a very proper man, he was raised to be one, being the sole heir of the Kanzaki Corporation, and might be taking over his uncle’s business if his only cousin Fujino Ayeka will not be found. He is an able and kind man, so every woman pining over him thought so, but though he wanted to be more famous and rich, taking his cousin’s rightful heritage was not one of his agenda. Along with him was a blond man that was at his age, he wasn’t a friend to the Kuga’s but he was a friend of Reito as he was his classmate in America, when he went there to further his knowledge in business.
His eyes trained on the woman that caught his attention, he looked at his companion and whispered something, the blond man named Ron Stoppable nodded his head and even gave his friend a thumbs up, but as soon as he stepped away from his friend, Natsuki, together with her mother approached him, and his companion.
“Kuga-sama,” Reito greeted the older blue head, Saeko smile and bowed her head
“I am glad you’re here Kanzaki-san, I am so tired and I have been keeping Natsuki here company, but alas, I think my legs wanted to give out now, can you escort my dear daughter around then?” she asked sweetly of the handsome young man.
Reito being a polite man smiled and sweetly replied, “It’ll be my pleasure.” He said then looked at Natsuki and bowed.
“How rude of me,” Saeko said looking at Ron Stoppable, “Good evening, I am Kuga Saeko, and this my Daughter Natsuki, we are honored that you graced this occasion with your presence.” She said reaching out her hand and offered it at the young blond man.
“The pleasure is all mine Kuga-sama.” He said taking the hand and shaking it, “Ronald Stoppable,” he said then looked at Natsuki and smiled his goofy smile, “And Happy 18th birthday to you, Miss Natsuki.” He said bowing his head politely.
“Thank you.” Natsuki replied.
“Alright then, since we are all acquainted, I’ll give the floor to you young ones now. Please excuse me.” She said bowing her head before she turned around, left and looked for Himeko.
Natsuki and Reito then laughed boisterously as soon as her mother was out of sight, “I thought mother can last not being with Yuuki-sama for long.” Natsuki said smiling. Ron just frowned at the sentence which was noticed by Natsuki, “Does your friend have a problem with lesbians and gays?” she asked.
Ron’s eyes widened and he shook his head no, “Of course not, my best friend turned ex-girlfriend is lesbian.” He said.
Natsuki looked at him quizzically, “I didn’t get it?”
“Natsuki-san, Ron here meant that he turned his ex-girlfriend gay.” Reito said teasing the blond man.
“Of course not, she told me that she was in love with her arch nemesis before we even decided to try having a romantic relationship.” He said defending his dignity, “Besides I’m in love with somebody else.”
Natsuki and Reito nodded their heads, “So thank you for coming at my party Stoppable-san.” Natsuki said which caused the blond to blush.
“Just call me Ron, you calling me Stoppable-san reminds me of Yori.”
Natsuki nodded and looked at Reito, “He was my classmate in Middleton University, remember when I flew to America for a PhD on business administration? He’s my classmate, I’ve learned that he was here in Japan to visit his ‘current girlfriend’ so invited him over and glad he made it.”
Ron scowled, “Yori is not my current girlfriend.”
“You’re just saying that because you have your eyes on someone here Ron.” Reito said
This caused Natsuki to turn her gaze on where the blond was looking and smiled when she found his eyes on Miyu.
“And wasn’t it a coincidence that the woman I am interested at was with the woman you have your eyes on Ronald?” Reito added and Natsuki chuckled when she saw Fumi was the only one sitting with Miyu.
Well if the now approaching Tres Musketeros was to be ignored, then Reito has his eyes on Fumi.
“I can introduce you two to them.” Natsuki offered oh…and let’s see what Nao will do…
Natsuki with Reito and his friend walked over to where Miyu and Fumi was sitting, they stopped just in front of them and Natsuki’s presence brought Fumi and Miyu to stand up.
“Happy Birthday ojou-sama.” The two women greeted their master.
“Oh, enough with the formalities, I like you to meet my friends Kanzaki Reito and Ronald Stoppable,” Natsuki said and looked at Ron, “Ronald right?”
Ron smiled, “Yes, but Ron is fine,” then he turned his eyes on Miyu and bowed his head politely, “Ronald Stoppable.” He introduced himself to Miyu.
Miyu nodded her head, “Greer Miyu, nice to meet you Stoppable…”
“Just Ron please, as Miss Kuga said, enough with the formalities.” He said reaching out for Miyu’s offered hand, but instead of shaking, Ronald Stoppable leaned and kissed Miyu’s hand. The action caused the cyan haired woman to blush a deep crimson, “It is nice to have met you.” He said once he straightened his body.
“Likewise Stop…Ron-san.” Replied.
Kanzaki did introduced himself to Fumi and the two were acquainted when the music began playing again. Kanzaki asked Fumi for a dance and Ron heed Reito’s action. The pair were now making their way on the dance floor when the trios approached Natsuki.
“What the hell was that?” Nao asked her face red, not from embarrassment but from anger, Natsuki could tell.
“He was fast.” Natsuki said referring to Ron.
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Crimson eyes began to show as her eyelids fluttered open. She let her hazy vision settled down first, and smiled when her vision cleared and her red blood orbs met a deep blue. The wolf pup was able to climb to the bed where she was resting, when she looked down she was surprised to see her wound properly cleaned and bandaged. She was even wearing clean clothing, though not her usual one. She smiled when she saw the wolf’s injured paw splinted and bandaged, his wounds treated as well, I see…so the one who caught us wasn’t really bad ne?” she asked the wolf which was answered by a howl, guess what? I’ve dreamt of Nay being here…actually, I dreamt of a younger version of Nay here, in this… she looked around to inspect her surrounding and her eyes widened with the large room she was in, (Well considering their small nippa hut, this is huge!), she was also overjoyed by the soft bed unlike her ‘papag’(1), she was answered by another howl.
“Yeah, I know you’re hungry now…” she said to the pup but her sentence was interrupted by two things. 1. Her stomach made a growling sound and 2. She heard a loud foreign music, she looked at the pup and smiled, “I know where we could get food and I think I feel fine now so we can escape this place and go home.” She said, she put the pup down on the bed and tried to stand up. She suddenly felt dizzy so she grabbed something to steady herself up but was unlucky to grab Miyu’s lamp, the lamp swayed and fell on the ground causing a loud breaking noise, the noise made the pup howl incessantly and loudly, while Shizuru not expecting an unstable ‘post’ slipped and fell on the ground. When she tried to right herself, she felt a sudden surge of pain form her injured leg causing her to fall once again on the ground. The action made the pup howl over and over, and the howls gets louder, “Go on mock me!” Shizuru yelled at the howling wolf as she tried to stand up once again.
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Mikoto was thankful that she found no one when she sneaked into the large house. She could hear lots of people talking, laughing and there were even people singing, but they all gravitated to one large room away from her intended place. Staying hidden from people became a bit hard when she entered the large mansion since there were no trees or bushes where she can hide herself, although there are things large enough to hide her, she was still weary that it may be the source of her impending captivity, so with a renewed energy from a very long sleep, she thought that coming in as fast as a wind is the answer to her problem. She tried peeking at every open door to see if she can scour for food, and on her fourth try, her eyes bugged out when she saw different foods in a large, oval table. She smiled when saw no one inside so she went in and help herself, she saw a fried chicken first and she took one and started eating. She smiled when she tasted it fine and delicious, so she munched on it eagerly, taking another piece even when she had one on her mouth still. She was about to sit on the chair when she suddenly heard people talking and was going inside the room where she is now. She contemplated whether to return the eaten and the not yet eaten chicken but she decided to not return it, in fact she hurriedly took more of the chicken and some bread she recognized and hurriedly crouched low and crawled under the very long, very large and very full table.
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Shizuru ducked when she felt a presence near her, with her stomach growling again, and the pup being carried in her arms, she limped forward when the presence disappeared and started tracing the noise. She knew that there must be food in a large gathering like this. She was pulled from her thoughts when she heard people coming her way and in her desperation to hide herself, she climbed the elegant stairs and hid on the shadows of the large pillar supporting the stairs baluster. She was quietly waiting for her turn to escape and get some food; she was petting the pup who decided to rest its head on Shizuru’s shoulder while waiting when the scent of food attacked her nostrils. The smell made her and the pup drool, their noses sniffed to trace the smell source, and thank the heaven for when she decided to follow the smell, there was no one there to see her. Walking farther from her safe place, she found herself traversing the long hall that ends to the mansion’s dining hall.
The place where all the food was currently being prepared for the guest.
The place where Mikoto is now hiding under the large table.
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Nao had a frown on her face as she watched everyone at the dance floor. Chie who has Aoi in her arms dragged the shorter woman to the center to dance leaving Mai and Natsuki with the frustrated red head.
“Who the hell was that blond man?” Nao asked anxiously.
“Who? The blond man dancing with Shiho or the blond man dancing with Miyu?” Natsuki asked.
Nao glared at Natsuki, “You’re not funny Kuga.” She said.
Natsuki smiled, “Well that was Ronald Stoppable, and he is Reito’s friend from America.” Mai nodded at Natsuki’s explanation, “I think he has his eyes on Miyu.” She added.
“I can see that, he have been dancing with Miyu for quite some time now.” Mai said and then she looked at Nao, “Don’t you want to cut in?” she asked grinning at the red head.
Nao didn’t reply, she just watched the dancing couple with a very heavy heart, but she smiled when the music suddenly stopped and the hired emcee stood at the center stage.
“I like to apologize for the interruption, but it came to my attention that the food is finally served so if everyone may please proceed to the dining area.” He said in his modulated voice.
Nao sighed in relief when Miyu left the blond man and decided to tag along Fumi. The blond American on the other hand stepped closer to Reito and the two walked out of the dance hall, but not after making a curt bow to Miyu and Fumi. Reito glanced at Natsuki and smiled before he finally left with Ro Stoppable.
“There’s smoke in your ears Nao.” Chie teased as soon as she reunite with her friends along with Aoi.
Silence.
“Operation: Get even…to commence.” Chie said as she looked at Tate who was now leaving the hall with Shiho clinging in his arms.
The other girls nodded. Aoi untangled herself from Chie and walked away from the group.
Once Aoi was out of sight, the four women walked out of the room and headed to the dining area.
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Mikoto closed her eyes as she felt people rushing in the room. There was no chair as the food was presented in a buffet style, with an ice curved into a woman’s face at the center of the table. There was no music, the sound of chatting people were the only sound heard in the area, and this made the hunter more anxious. And in her state of anxiety she started devouring the food in her hands.
She was half through with the third chicken when her eyes widened at the sudden sound of a howling wolf, followed by the sound made by a HiME hunter before a fight…
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Shizuru was carelessly traversing the hall and stopped when her nose smelt the aroma of well prepared food. The wolf that also smelt the aroma started fidgeting in Shizuru’s arms and made a soft crying sound, the crying sound of a hungry dog. The sound pulled Shizuru from her dazed state and was trying to stop the wolf from making anymore noises when she heard footsteps coming in their way.
“There! I saw a thief walking that way!” A woman yelled though Shizuru cannot understand what she was yelling about.
Time to escape…damn food! She cussed deep inside, repositioning the wolf so that she could limped her way out of the hall.
But her advanced was halted when three large men, all wearing a white uniform intercepted her. As a woman who knows how to fight, she knew when she has an edge and when she has none, so at this specific time, there’s nothing for her. Her legs still ached and she can’t even stand straight. The wolf cannot run on its own as he too was injured what to do?
Shizuru took a step back every time the three men advanced towards her. She had no weapon in hand so there is no way she can fight these men who had knives in their hands, luckily though, there was a lamp at the corner of the hall, feeling for it, she grabbed the handle and swung it against the advancing men.
The wolf feeling bolder then started howling as if he was a big bad wolf, and it was followed by Shizuru’s fighting chant, she grinned for the vote of confidence given to her by the pup I won’t be the great white wolf’s daughter if I can’t have a wolf’s vote of confidence! She said to herself and once again she swung the lamp to the advancing men, but she miscalculated her step ad the sudden twitch caused her to stop her attack and winced in pain as her injured leg suddenly hit a hard object. She dropped the lamp causing it to break. She looked up to see the men running towards her I’d rather die than be held captive again.
“Don’t come near us!” she screamed in her native language, but the men didn’t understand her and perceived that her words meant I’m going to kill you so the men decided to pursue.
The sudden confusion of the men gave Shizuru just enough time to stand, limped away from them and climb the baluster that was directly above the long table.
And before the men could reach for her, she jumped…
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Natsuki’s eyes widened at the sound of the howling wolf, but it wasn’t just her, Chie, Nao and Mai was also surprised at the sudden commotion caused by the wolf devil woman.
“SHIT!” Nao and Chie screamed simultaneously when they saw the wolf devil woman climbed the baluster and was preparing herself to jump.
“Don’t!” Natsuki screamed when she saw the woman, “That’s 3 story building you’ll get hurt!!” she screamed again.
“She can’t understand us!” Mai screamed at Natsuki and this caught the girl’s attention.
But before Natsuki could make a reply, the wild woman who was carrying a white wolf in her arms jumped from the baluster and was heading to the center of the table.
The sudden event caused the people inside to scream and yell at the top of their lungs, except for some like Reito Kanzaki who was so amazed at the stunt made by the wild woman, Fumi and Miyu was just watching with slacked jaw, Chie, Mai and Nao was stunned in their place along with Saeko and Himeko, Natsuki was the only one who was in her right mind to run forward to try to catch the falling woman.
Even Ron Stoppable was screaming at the top of his lungs, his arms flailing at the air as he scampered away from the room along with the other guests.
But if you think that was all of it, five police officers barged in and two pointed their guns at the retreating Tate.
“What the hell?” Tate screamed when the gun was pointed at him.
“You have the right to remain silent, there was a report that the burglar who took the Yumemiya’s jewelry was here hiding amongst the guests, pretending one of them. And his description is exactly like you!” one of the officer said.
“But…”
“Just come with us peacefully and contact a lawyer if you have one.” He said pulling Tate harshly towards him.
“Oniichan!” Shiho screamed.
“Get dad Shiho and tell him about this!” he said before he disappeared from Shiho’s sight.
At Tate’s order, Shiho left hurriedly to call her uncle.
Saeko’s jaw slackened as the scene plays in front of her eyes, “I definitely didn’t planned this.” She said to Himeko.
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While Natsuki was running towards Shizuru, Mikoto decided to go out of hiding when she heard the wolf and Shizuru’s fighting chant. Her eyes were rewarded by Shizuru falling down and her reflex told her to save the woman. So with more strength as a result of having been fully rested and now being fully fed, Mikoto rushed towards Shizuru in a speed not normal for human, passing Natsuki, and when she reached the table, Mikoto leaped high in the air, extended her arms and swept the chest nut haired girl and the wolf pup in her arms before she threw herself out of harms way.
Mikoto landed on the floor with Shizuru and on top of her. The wolf fell on the ground but was unhurt.
Mai’s eyes widened at the spectacular show, “She caught the devil woman and got her safe on the ground…” Mai said in awe at Mikoto’s spectacular move.
But if Mai thought that she’s seen all, Mikoto hurriedly stood up when the three men pursuing Shizuru came with a knife, and without a word, she started fighting the hulking men.
“My God, she’s…she’s like Aries born to earth in female form…” Mai said with a dreamy eyes.
Chie and Nao looked at their friend, “Oi?” Nao was trying to pull Mai from her dream state.
Natsuki on the other hand stopped in her tracks when she saw the lying woman on the ground it…it was her! The woman in my dream…and the wolf…
It was at that moment when Shizuru decided to open her eyes and her crimson orbs met Natsuki’s emerald ones.
“You’re no dream…” Natsuki said, her eyes flushed.
Shizuru on the other hand frowned as she looked at the other woman, Nay she thought then shook her head to clear the image.
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Aoi came back and her eyes widened at the chaos on the dining area, the guests were scampering out of the house screaming, and the owner and her friends were all slacked jawed as they watched the small wild woman fighting three big men.
Her eyes was focused suddenly on Miyu who began running towards Nao when the wild woman disarmed one man but she was taken in her arms and was threw into air and into Nao.
Everyone heard Miyu screaming Nao ojou-sama and Nao’s eyes widened when the cyan haired woman jumped meeting the wild woman in the air and collided sending the smaller woman away and into a wall. Miyu’s trajectory on the other hand shifted towards Nao
Nao who became worried opened her arms to try to catch the falling woman, but since Miyu was larger and heavier, Nao was pushed back on the floor and was on her back when Miyu descended and was facing her
“Miyu…mmfff…” Nao was not able to finish her sentence when Miyu’s lips accidentally descended on her own lips…hence Nao’s first kiss.
“Way to go MIYU!” Chie cheered.
Mai on the other hand was not paying attention as she ran towards the smaller woman who hit her head on the wall and lost consciousness.
“What is happening here?” Aoi asked Chie who was watching animatedly came in with a man following her, his arms were wounded around Aoi’s shoulders
“Who is that man?” Chie asked angrily which was answered by a frown from the smaller woman
“You told me to get someone to make a joke on Tate?” she said
Chie’s eyes widened, “So the cop thing wasn’t your idea?”
“What cop?” Aoi asked in bewilderment.
“So Aoi-chan…does that mean that you’re not going to have a date with me anymore?” he asked.
Chie scowled and looked at the man dangerously, “The hell Aoi will date you?! She’s my girlfriend! So get out of this house before I let the dogs feed on you!”
The man’s eyes widened at the declaration, “Aoi-chan, I thought you don’t have a girlfriend?”
Aoi looked at Chie, “What are you saying Harada?”
Chie scowled, “You can’t date him! You can’t date anyone except me!”
“And why is that?” Aoi stood with her hands akimbo.
“Well…well…You see, you can’t date anyone because I love you and I don’t want to…”
Aoi’s eyes widened and before even Chie could finish her sentence, Aoi jumped in Chie’s arms
The man laughed before he said his good bye, and Aoi said, “I’ll see you next Wednesday Oniichan!”
“Oniichan?”
“He’s my cousin, we go on a date every Wednesday guy hunting.” Aoi explained.
“Guy hunting? You?” Chie asked in bewilderment.
“No, him.” Aoi replied before pulling Chie into a kiss.
Saeko and Himeko was watching everything in awe.
“Oh how I miss the day when we were at their age.” Saeko said smiling.
“Yeah, I miss them too.”
-end chapter 3-
1. It’s a bed made from bamboo, no mattress, just plain bamboo. (the newer papags are now made of woods rather than a bamboo, and it is more spacious now than before)
Next chapter will be Shizuru and Natsuki’s encounter and the party’s aftermath. This really is one heck of a party. And this will be the last time you’ll see Tate and Ron Stoppable