Good to get Away...

A blast of ice cold water burst from the shower head as it quickly made contact with shiny, raven coloured hair. At first, the girl standing under the arctic like stream gasped as her body went through the sudden shock of being exposed to the water, eventually it adjusted and settled as comfortable as it possibly could. Setsuna's head was still swimming with everything that had happened over the course of the day, including a very unexpected intimate moment she witnessed that morning that she didn't mean to be part of...

The warrior's hands clenched as she began to remember the images from that encounter. When she started to mesh the thoughts of what actually happened with some of her own fantasies, her body began to shake. Setsuna yelled as her right fist came up and smashed itself into the tiled shower wall. She slowly opened her hand and watched it slid down the slippery wet tiles along with the rest of her.

It's not possible... you know that no matter how much you want to, it can never happen... she thought to herself... you are only meant to serve and protect...

Setsuna sat as the frigid water continued to cascade down her. She had always had feelings for Konoka, ever since she had first laid eyes on her when they were just young children. She had even sworn that she would sacrifice her own life in order to protect the chocolate haired girl from anything that dared to threaten her. The two had always been close; in fact, Setsuna even had the feeling that Konoka may even share the same feelings that she did. The only problem was that the swordswoman knew it would be highly inappropriate for her to get romantically involved with the girl she was responsible for...

But, we are getting way ahead of ourselves...

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SMACK!

The class representative and resident rich girl Yukihiro Ayaka slammed down her hand on one of the desks located at the front of class 6-A with a wide grin. She looked up to see her fellow classmates all staring back with confused expression on their faces. Ayaka loved to start off any type of news she had this way, it made it all the more exciting for her to see the reactions of her friends turning from confused to overjoyed. She folded her arms with a smirk as she revelled in the amount of praise she would receive for her generous gift she was about to share. Just then her thoughts were interrupted by the voice of a certain orange haired baka ranger.

"Soooo... what's with the over dramatic build up Ayaka chan?" asked Asuna as she leaned back in her chair, staring up at the ceiling and not showing any real sign of caring. "Why don't you just get over yourself and tell everyone whatever it is you have planned?"

Ayaka stared angrily back at the only girl in the entire class who rubbed her wrong way, steam coming from her ears before she managed to calm herself down enough to speak. "Well if you weren't such a stupid monkey all the time and maybe actually showed some patience once in a while, you might actually allow me to explain what's going on."

She watched as Asuna mumbled something along the lines of "At least I'm not the one who looks like a monkey", before clearing her throat to continue. "Anyway... As you all should know, we have a short break coming up from classes next week. Since it will be one of our last chances to all be together as high school students, I have supplied us with the perfect opportunity. Everyone... Pack your bags, we're heading back out to my family's island getaway for an entire week of fun and relaxation in the sun!"

A loud and not so surprisingly mighty cheer rang throughout the entire classroom as the statement began to sink in. High fives and whoops of excitement were running rampant as Ayaka smirked to herself; this is exactly the reaction she was looking for. She even managed to catch a look of excitement coming from Asuna. She watched as the orange haired girl turned to her friend Konoka and began discussing plans with her, laughing and smiling g all the while. Suddenly, the class rep felt an odd feeling resonating in her chest. She couldn't help then, to stare at Asuna and take in her excitement. There was just something about her long time "frenemy" that made her heart seem to beat faster, especially over the last few months. Despite the two constantly fighting with one another over even the most trivial of things, Ayaka knew that it was all for fun. She decided that she would use this trip to get closer with Asuna, and maybe, just maybe, tell her how she really felt about her.

Meanwhile, Setsuna was relaxing at her desk taking in the news of the trip. She was definitely excited when she thought about the idea of getting away from the school and her shared patrol duties for an entire week; not that she minded either of them. Soon, she would find herself lounging on the beach taking in the sun, Konoka by her side... laying on her stomach asking her to put tanning lotion on her bare back...

Setsuna Gulped and quickly brought her hand up to her nose, attempting to put a stop to any potential nosebleed. She had, what seemed to her anyway, a very bad habit of allowing her mind to wonder when it came to her Ojou-sama. As much as she tried, the swordswoman was never able to control her thoughts. She knew from the very first moment she met Konoka that she was going to fall hard for her. Everything that the young heiress did made Setsuna's heart race and want to burst out from her chest. Konoka was the kindest, most thoughtful and loving girl that she had ever met and she had been honoured to be given the chance to spend every moment watching over her and protecting her. It also didn't hurt that she had an extremely sexy, curvy body; Setsuna couldn't help but thank the gods for being so generous to Konoka during puberty. Unfortunately, there was a price she was paying for all her good fortune. Setsuna knew that no matter how much she wanted to confess her love for the chocolate haired girl and no matter how much she wished they could be together, she simply could not. She was given a very important responsibility and could not afford to cloud her job and judgement with her feelings. She had sworn to herself to keep her feelings quiet from Konoka, despite Asuna telling the warrior that it was quiet obvious and everyone within a 100 kilometre radius knew she loved the girl.

She sighed loudly and tilted back in her chair with her eyes closed. "I know I promised myself, but sometimes I wish I could just tell Kono-chan-..."

"Tell me what Set-chan?" asked the girl of Setsuna's desire suddenly from behind her.

Setsuna nearly had a heart attack as her feet left the ground and caused her whole body to fly backwards and land with a thud on the floor. Quickly she gathered herself up and stood scratching the back of her head trying to think of an excuse on the spot. "Ojou...uh Kono-chan... I uh was just going to tell you that I'm really looking forward to...uh... go on the trip with everyone!"

Whew... good one dummy...

Konoka looked at the slow blush spreading across Setsuna's face. She smiled but pretended that she hadn't seen it. "Oh me too Set-chan! I can't wait to get back out on the beach and have fun!"

Asuna came up and smacked Setsuna on the back, hiding a laugh from watching her friend's bad recovery from her spazz out. Setsuna turned to look at her friend, eyeing her with an irritated gaze. "So I see that you're just as happy to be getting away from here as I am Setsuna. Guess that means training will be put on hold too, huh?" She looked back at her friend with a hopeful smile.

Setsuna decided that she would get back at her friend's teasing and smirked. "What do mean Asuna? There's no better place to train in than a tropical island. Just think, all the running and resistance training we can do through the sand bright and early in the morning..."

Setsuna watched Asuna sweat drop as she thought about the gruelling training she just forced herself into. The swordswoman laughed and playfully stuck out her tongue, giving the orange haired girl a shove. Konoka couldn't help but giggle as she watched her two best friends wrestle around with each other. Just then she remembered that she was supposed to be meeting up with Nodoka, Yue and Haruna for a Library Exploration club meeting. She excused herself from the two on the floor and began to head towards the door. Before leaving she turned back around and called to Setsuna.

"Hey Set-chan, do you think that maybe tomorrow we could head out shopping so I can get a new bathing suit for the trip?" She saw Setsuna's head pop up from the pile of fighting limbs on the floor. "I don't think the one I had the last time we went on vacation fits anymore."

"I-I-I will of course go shopping with, Kono-chan..." Setsuna's voice seemed to crack off as she said the last little bit. She watched as the chocolate haired girl smiled at her before turning to leave. Konoka's hair seemed to sweep around in slow motion as she turned away, causing the swordswoman's face to scrunch up into a goofy look.

Asuna took this as an opportunity to push the raven haired girl off of her and scramble to her feet. She began to brush her uniform off before offering her hand to help up the awestruck friend from the floor. Snapping out of it, Setsuna accepted Asuna's help. "Seriously Setsuna, you really need to do something about your feelings for Konoka. It's not right to make yourself suffer like this."

Setsuna sighed. "There is nothing I want more than to tell Kono-chan how I feel Asuna. She means everything to me and I would give anything to be with her, but you know that I can't. I've told you before that it wouldn't be right for me to mess up my responsibilities as her guardian. I would rather see her alive and possibly happy with someone else than with me and end up injured or worse because I got distracted..."

"I really don't think anything like that will happen if you told her. If you really think about it, being with her might result in you protecting her even better than before...wouldn't it?" asked Asuna while she scratched her chin.

Setsuna shook her head. "No, there's no way any good can come from me getting myself too involved with Ojou-sama. Besides, she deserves someone better than me anyway..."

Asuna rolled her eyes and watched her best friend begin to sulk. She wished that there was something that she could do to help get her two best friends together. If only she could break her promise she made to Konoka, saying that she wouldn't tell Setsuna about how the heiress felt about the swordswoman. It would be so much easier if the two of them would just come out and confess to each other. Asuna knew that Setsuna would seriously reconsider her situation if she only knew that the one girl she cared for the most felt the same way.

She sighed and looked around the room, only a few of their classmates remained aside from themselves. Her eyes stopped on one girl in particular, causing Asuna's heart to speed up and a hot feeling to swirl around below her stomach. Ayaka was gathering up her things as she was talking to Makie about the trip. Asuna couldn't help but watch as the class rep unconsciously flicked her hair over her shoulders or brushed her face with her soft gentle hands. Asuna never understood just how she came about having feelings for Ayaka, but she could honestly say that she didn't mind. She also knew that fighting and messing around with Ayaka really turned her on. Asuna loved the how fiery the blonde got when she got angry; it was one of the sexier qualities she thought the class rep had. This was the main reason she tried to start as many spats as possible, considering it was the only satisfaction she could get from the blonde for now. Maybe, she could suck it up on this trip and try to hook up with Ayaka. She thought it over as she continued to watch her from the corner of her eye. The worst thing that could possibly happen would be Ayaka getting pissed at her and it turning into a physical rumble; which would be fine with her anyway. Asuna turned back to the sulking Setsuna and decided that she would try her best to not only get her friends together, but finally get together with the blonde haired beauty.

"Hey Setsuna, how bout we go train for a little bit before you go on patrol?" asked Asuna as she pushed her thoughts of Ayaka to the back of her head. She saw a smile come across her best friends face. "I know that making me look like a fool will take your mind off of your situation."

Setsuna couldn't help but laugh a little at her friend's sincere attempt to cheer her up. The swordswoman picked up her things and made her way to the door. As she passed Asuna, the young warrior delivered a well placed punch to the dead center of her friend's bicep. "Training starts now!" Then she sprinted out the door, Asuna hot on her tail holding her arm in pain and yelling out an array of curses that would make even Chamo turn red.

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