Disclaimer: I don't own Mai Hime.

Has anyone done this before? I don't think I've seen a fanfiction here on where they start out hating each other. It's always love at first sight and stuff! Well, here comes Demon to add some conflict into the mix, and let me tell you: it feels great! -maniacal laughter-

Natsuki glared at the flowers in all their glory. No one was perfect and everything wasn't all bright and shiny in the world. This 'Lone Wolf' knew that all too well. Her hands lightly brushed against the pink petals as if they were the most fragile thing in the world.

No, who was she trying to kid? The most fragile thing was happiness. How did others find it so easily?! Her teeth started to grit, her glare starting to increase in her jealously.

What do they have that I don't?!

Nothing is that easy. She'd show them all that it's not all candy-canes and lemon drops! Her hand moved to crush the flower that represented her hatred… but she was stopped by the sheer force of one word:

"Stop."

Fierce green eyes turned to glance into calm red, "… What do you want?" Kuga asked at length, growing more and more annoyed by the calm look of the older girl.

"Flowers are to be loved." Kuga looked on in bewilderment at the other girl's confusing words. "What?" She replied, her voice gruff.

The older girl just shook her head slightly, looking amused as she stepped nearer, her hand lovingly brushing over the flower Kuga was about to crush, "You really shouldn't take your anger out on the flowers." Her accented voice escaped her lips with ease, "Why not try sitting down with someone and they'll listen to your problems. It's better then taking your frustration out on flowers and it would probably help too."

…

"Hmph," Natsuki said in defiance, her arms crossing under her chest as she looked away. What does she know?

"Tell me," The accent voice started up again, "What's your name? Maybe I can try listening."

"Kuga Natsuki," Natsuki said without really thinking. Why not? I'll probably make a reputation for myself in high school anyway. Might as well start now. Natsuki then turned back to the older girl, a smug grin on her face, "And why, might I ask, would you care, Miss Hippie?" She said in mock politeness.

The high schooler's eyebrow twitched for a second before going back, "Kuga-han, perhaps it's better not to —"

"Not to what? Take this out on the plants? I bet you're the one that planted them all here, huh, Miss Hippie." Natsuki waved it over her shoulder nonchalantly, "Look, I really don't care about these plants and I don't care for help. You'd probably have better luck getting euphoria out of a brick wall. As for me, you did happen to let me vent some of my anger, Miss Tree-Hugger. Can't stay and chat, I've got somewhere to be." Natsuki said with a victorious grin before she started to walk away from the frowning older teen. "Oh, and word to the wise," Natsuki started, not even bothering to look over her shoulder, "Stay away from me for the rest of the year. You'll comply if you know what's good for you." She said, walking away from the flower garden.

God, I sounded so cool! Natsuki smirked, "Now I'm sure that girl won't come anywhere near my during this next year." Now, about the entrance ceremony… She looked around before she spotted a big building that looked like it could be the auditorium. Mai's going to kill me if I don't make it.

With that Natsuki walked into the building and slowly made her way around until she saw a familiar red-head. Heh, she saved me a seat. She excused herself as she walked over and sat down next to her one of three… 'acquaintances'.

"Where have you been?!" The busty freshmen hiss harshly in her whisper.

"Out and around," Natsuki answered vaguely, "What do you care anyway?" She said, putting on her 'don't care 'bout nothin'' exterior.

"What do you mean 'why do I care'?" Mai said, her whisper getting softy, "I'm your friend."

"…" I don't have any friends.

"Anyway," Mai shook her head, "The kaichou of high school is going to make her appearance, then this'll be over. You skipped all the other introductions."

"Good, that means I won't have to stay here long," The girl with cobalt hair said in a tone that suggested she didn't care either way.

"They say the kaichou is a kind woman with a beauty of the gods. I can't wait to see if that's true or not," Mai said with some giddiness, "Now that we're going into high school, we're finally going into the grades that count. Try not to skip out too much, Natsuki."

Natsuki merely shrugged her shoulders in a cool fashion. "Look, here she comes!" Mai said, along with a bunch of the other to-be freshmen in Natsuki's grade.

"Hm?" Natsuki opened a lazy eye to get a glimpse of this so-called 'kind goddess'. The moment she did, she wished she didn't. Shit, shit, triple shit! That's the kaichou?!

"Ara," The kaichou said as she stacked her papers on the podium, "I'm sorry I'm late. I ran into the most terribly rude person. I tried to help her but she went and called me a 'hippie' and told me to stay as far away as I could." Shizuru Fujino, the Student Council President, sighed causing people to gasp and silently curse out the person that would make their dear kaichou sad and insult her.

Natsuki started to slip down in her chair, as if trying to hide from a force. Shit. Fuck. Crap… She continued to curse a 'colorful' array of words in her head, damning herself for getting into this sticky situation.

"Why would someone be mean to her if she's trying to help them?" Mai asked rhetorically, then turned to Natsuki, "I mean, she probably didn't have bad intentions ri — Natsuki? Why're you slinking in your chair?"

"N-No reason. Just shut up!" Natsuki whispered harshly to her 'acquaintance'.

"I don't see a reason to hi —" Mai's eyes went wide. "Natsuki… You didn't…"

"I-I didn't know she was the freakin' kaichou! If I knew that, I wouldn't have done that!"

"Ara…" The accent voice caught both their intentions and Natsuki openly flinched when she saw the President's gaze looking right at her, "There she is." She smiled calmly as she pointed.

"Huh?" A lot of the student body looked around to see where she was pointing.

"Kuga Natsuki," Shizuru started with a calm and composed expression, "I'd like you to know I am not a 'hippie' or anything else you claimed me to be. What I am is Student Council Preseident, Fujino Shizuru."

Natsuki looked around at the whole auditorium which seemed to be directing their glares right at her. She then looked back to the podium where Shizuru was smiling calmly, but could almost hear the underlining words screaming from that smile: Payback's a bitch.

Natsuki gulped slightly, looking back to the glares, almost feeling the dagger their eyes were throwing at her. If glares could kill...

Kuga Natsuki – Public Enemy Number One

So, you think everyone has it in for Natsuki yet?

Oh, and you might notice that I use 'shit, shit, triple shit' a lot when Natsuki's cussing. Yeah, that's something I use and it just kinda flows when cussing. Sorry if it annoys anyone.