Author's Note: Though, I don't seem it I have been really busy lately and the days ahead, so do please I apologize for the delay. I merely hope it will be worthy of your patient. Please do enjoy the it x3. Likewise thanks to CrazyNinjaPenguin for betaing this chapter so quickly and helping along the way. P.S. FFnet new changes are driving me nuts! Took me 15min to get to understand half of the stuff done! -gah!-

Another thing: this fic was inspired by DemonicTwister work 'Silence of Himes' and the respective sequels. Though is a truly honor to read about how much she/he enjoyed the fic I can only say that it was her/him that helped me inspire in this fic. Also I want to thank: My heart is an icebox, ChieH and ManiazAzn for being a great support to me x3

Disclaimer: Stupid Sunrise…they own it alright? –grumbles-

Chapter 8: The Beauty of Madness

In a messy and small, average office, a peaceful and sleepy blonde snored contentedly as she murmured incoherent things from time to time. A loud ring startled Elliot Chandler and woke her suddenly. Her eyes glared irritably at her phone.

"Hellooo?" she asked grumpily.

"Oh, did I wake you up Chandler-san?" Shizuru's soft and astonished voice could be heard from the other line.

Elliot hastily straightened up and woke up completely. She shoved a couple of sheets of papers and folders to the floor. "Oh! No! Of course not!" The blonde laughed lightly and nervously. "So what's the matter Viola-san?"

"Well, there has been some inconvenience with Kruger-san and I was hoping Sayers-san could help me by coming to the Institute today?" the chestnut haired woman explained. "However, I couldn't get her to answer the phone and I was wondering if you could ask for me."

"That's strange…" the blonde muttered absently and then answered. "Don't worry, I will tell Rena immediately. Arika might as well have done something to the phone, again."

"Chandler-san I hope I am not intruding but is Arika a light brunette with two ponytails, a cheerful personality and looks like an ant?" The psychiatric hesitated at with the last word, hoping she had not offended the woman if she was right.

Elliot blinked and looked at her phone bemused before remembering something. "I thought she was joking when she planned to go to the hospital. I never thought she meant Bethlem one."

"Arika-chan is a very hyperactive and lovely child," Shizuru praised. "A very fascinating mixture between you two, Chandler-san." The blonde chuckled and blushed faintly. "I won't waste anymore time for either of us, Chandler-san. Please confirm me Sayers-san's assistance; if possible tell her to come tonight with you too. I believe there are some things of legal concern to you."

The blonde frowned and the shrugged it off. "Alright, Viola-san. We will meet soon then. Goodbye."

From the other line Shizuru smirked and replied pleasantly. "Farewell, Chandler-san." She closed her cell phone and glanced at her lover who had a matching grin. "Well, it seems things have worked so far."

The couple was in the psychopath's room, on the bed to be exact. The sheets were spread on the floor and the chestnut haired woman was only wearing her white coat while her partner had but a t-shirt and panties on. The raven haired girl leaned against the wall, Shizuru resting between her arms.

"Of course they have, Rad re-checked the plan till you got annoyed." Natsuki teased and embraced the other woman affectionately making Shizuru purr. "Rad went to visit Mai yesterday. We will no longer have to fake anything, tonight is the night."

"That's good; Reito-san might be a kind and strange man but he is really lazy," Shizuru stated gloomily recalling the paperwork she had waiting at her office.

Natsuki merely laughed and kissed the faint pout the psychiatrist wore. "Hating the paperwork already?"

"I know he is following your plans, but I don't like having so much work."

"Yukino can always help," the psychopath suggested and giggled when her lover glared at her.

"She is the watcher, we can't do that." To emphasize her point the chestnut haired doctor poked Natsuki's forehead.

The psychopath caught the hand before it left her reach and took it between her lips. "If I had asked you to be the Director, we wouldn't have the fun we are having now." She kissed the each of Shizuru's fingers, prompting an adorable blush on her partner's face.

"You don't like me complaining, do you?" Shizuru teased and replaced her hand with her lips.

"I love it, like everything about you," Natsuki stated and snuggled closer to the psychiatrist. "Thank you, Shizuru."

Shizuru shook her head and smiled sweetly at the raven haired girl. "You did your own share," she pointed out, knowing what her lover meant.

"Yes, well, but still..." The psychopath's eyes darkened, but there was a glimpse of love and adoration. The chestnut haired saw it and only chuckled. "If it weren't for you I might never had the chance to feel other emotions."

"I thought Natsuki liked seeing others in pain, she liked to cause chaos and destruction."

"Yes well, that gets boring too." The raven haired patient rested her head on Shizuru's neck as both women looked soberly at anywhere but themselves. "Everything bores me too easily except you."

Shizuru smiled grateful and said, "I'm happy then." They stayed in silence, entwining their hands and trying to relax for like what seemed to have been centuries ago.

Afterwards the psychiatrist left to finish her part of the plan. Natsuki stretched her arms and legs as she found her pants and put them on. Seconds later her door beeped and she saw Rad in his usual white attire and black sunglass coming in.

"Everything has been done as you requested," he said indifferently once the door was closed, while Natsuki sat back on her bed. "We have got the fake tapes ready and any possible evidence that might survive."

"Oh really, Rad?" the psychopath teased, making the man sigh tiredly.

"Please, Natsuki-sama," he pleaded and took his glasses off, hoping the other woman would show some mercy. He took a chair to sit.

The raven haired chuckled and shrugged. "I'm sorry." Subsequently, she frowned before retracting herself, "Hmm never mind I'm not." Natsuki pointed at her head and grinned. "Psychopath, remember?"

"How could I forget?" Reito chuckled and then gazed at the psychopath, puzzled. "Natsuki-sama are you sure about this?"

"The only one left will be her, would it not be?" the raven haired asked not answering him.

"Yes, she and a few others," Rad nodded, still confused.

The psychopath stretched one more time before lying on her bed with her hands behind her head. "Then let's wait for the night to give everyone a show to remember," she answered and began closing her eyes.

"I feel sorry for those children."

"You are right to feel so, but I have waited too long." Natsuki frowned and then corrected herself, "No, we have waited too long for this day."

Reito stared at the raven haired figure and commented, "It's a pity, I liked Arika-chan."

"If what you have shown me is true, then we might see each other again soon enough."

"It's true." The gray haired man grinned, feeling a little better. He stood up and bowed respectfully. "After this we will say goodbye right?"

Natsuki opened an eye to look at her companion seriously. "Reito Kanzaki must come back to take the blame and become the bait."

"I will miss Kazu-kun," he lamented absently while the psychopath closed her eyes again.

"Don't sound so sad, Nagi will be your perfect companion."

"Ah yes, I totally forgot about him," Reito said smiling cheerfully.

"This is only the first step to what I plan to achieve," Natsuki stated and turned her back to the obsessive/compulsive man. "And I won't allow anyone interfering, not even my lovely cousin."

"Too bad, we wasted paper and ink doing those documents for nothing."

"It called contingency proof."

"You are trembling, are you afraid?"

"I am not, Rad." The psychopath glanced at the gray haired man and gave him a well known maniacal grin. "What truly makes me tremble is the excitement of meeting this person and how many ways I can crush her."

"And yet you wait till I come to finish the job."

"Psychopaths don't kill, Reito." Natsuki reminded him and scolded at the insistence of it. "Besides you enjoy taking a life more than me."

"I prefer to call it research, analyzing the body allows me to see how imperfect and fragile we are."

"I question your obsessive/compulsive diagnosis sometimes. You sure there isn't some sociopath in there?" The raven haired girl joked playfully and stared above her.

"I prefer to call it appreciation of the beauty of madness."

The psychopath didn't say anything and Reito finally decided to leave. "The beauty of madness, indeed," Natsuki whispered, her eyes gazing firmly at the millions of pictures pasted at her ceiling. They were all of Shizuru: smiling, laughing, sleeping, etc. However, after searching for a while the raven haired woman found the one picture she wanted: Shizuru between her arms and snuggling pleasantly while she smirked mischievously.

Meanwhile at the gates of Bethlem Hospital, three young figures began heading to the main building. There, Shizuru awaited them with her usual charming smile.

"Shizuru-san!" Arika called excitedly and dashed to the woman, giving her a hug. Following her, Nina and Erstin bowed politely and gave a small smile.

"Good Afternoon, Viola-san," they greeted respectfully at the same time. They then looked at each other lovingly and giggled.

The psychiatrist laughed for a while and greeted back. "Good Afternoon, Arika-chan, Wang-san, Ho-san let's go see Natsuki alright?" The three teenagers nodded and followed the chestnut haired. "Oh by the way, since Wang-san plans to take custody of Natsuki we have thought of changing rooms, so please do follow me closely. I don't want anyone of you getting lost." The girls looked at her curiously and then shrugged, trusting the wise adult blindly.

Shizuru guided them toward the psychosis ward until they arrived to Chie's door; of course, the tomboy's plate with her name had been taken and so the girls were oblivious to the trap they had fallen into. Steadily she encouraged them to enter and three pair of eyes gazed bemused at the covered figure who they thought was Natsuki.

"Natsuki, your little sister has come to visit you," the chestnut haired doctor said and couldn't help but chuckle when Haruka appeared from under the covers instead of the usual raven haired woman.

"Viola-san?" Nina called when she observed the strange behavior of the psychiatrist. "That's not Natsuki, did you mistake the door?"

"Oh, Nina-chan she didn't." A third voice informed. The young raven haired girl never saw her attacker as she fell unconscious along with her companions. "She did exactly what we needed." Reito stared at the can in his hand and nodded in approval. "This is one potent drug."

"If Rad-san did it, then it must be since they have already fallen asleep," Shizuru commented. "Haruka please do tie our friends nicely here. Chandler-san and Sayers-san will come here soon enough."

The blonde rolled her eyes and scolded, "Sure give me the dirty work, I was really getting suffocated under those blankets you know."

"Oh you did?" Shizuru only laughed and settled the rope and chairs for Reito and Haruka who glared at her.

"Please go in Chandler-san, Sayers-san." Yukino pointed at Natsuki's door, apathetic as the two women shrugged and entered. "I apologize on behalf of Viola-san for not receiving you but she is rather busy with other patients at the moment."

"It's not a problem, I don't mind talking to Natsuki while we wait," Rena said and waved her hand to the raven haired. The light-red haired woman bowed and left them, as the brunette and Elliot took a seat by the small table in the raven haired patient's room. "How have you been, Natsuki?"

The psychopath had not taken her eyes off the pair once they entered, she could have laughed at how her plans were about to succeed. "Missing my talks with you," she said from her bed, sitting with her legs bent upward and her arms resting on them.

"Well I have been busy the last two years and Viola-san assured me that you were good," Rena explained and smiled sheepishly. "I'm really sorry though."

"It's ok it won't matter in a few minutes." The psychopath said and smirked. She stood up and went to her shelf. Natsuki began humming joyfully and removed a book; she opened it, revealing a small remote control. "I'm going to show you something really fascinating, my dear Rena." She showed them the hidden remote with a wicked grin on her face and shortly after, the newly added television near the table, where the two women sat, turned on.

The brunette's eye widened when she saw Nina, Erstin and Arika tide on a chairs and unconscious. "Arika!"

The psychopath will had laughed if it weren't by the hands strangling her at the moment. Natsuki gave heartily chuckles. "Do you think something will be accomplished with my death?" she choked out not fearing the menacing look from Elliot. "I'm a psychopath, Chandler-san. I am the worst, do not think I'm afraid of you."

"Elliot!" Rena cried out when she saw her wife choking the raven haired psychopath. "Elliot stop it!" There was no response from the other woman instead Natsuki started to cough. "ELLIOT!"

The blonde gripped Natsuki's neck one more time before finally letting go. "You are lucky my wife stopped me." She marched back to the brunette and embraced her tenderly, whispering her that everything was going to be alright.

The psychopath coughed various times and caressed her neck softly, feeling an uncomfortable throbbing. "I should have tied you too." The raven haired walked back to her bed and sat down. "They aren't dead yet, don't worry."

"Why are you doing this?" Rena demanded, tears beginning to fall from her face but her gaze was on the TV "Why?"

"Is nothing personal, Rena." Natsuki shrugged, impassive. "I simply don't like loosen ties."

"Project N.K." Elliot whispered with wide eyes as she realized what she had read days ago. "Project Natsuki Kruger."

"I knew you would find out about it, eventually." The psychopath smirked satisfactorily. "It seems I am 'free to go' as long as a family member decides to take me in custody. Lucky I had Nina for this."

"You mad woman." The blonde glared at the raven haired. "You are just like your father."

Natsuki began laughing maniacally and then her eyes darkened as she grinned to the pair. "I'm a psychopath, people!" she shouted a bit angrily. "How many times, do you make me repeat myself." A sigh left her lips as Natsuki played her raven locks before looking at the couple. "And I am not like Smith. He was crazy but had a conscience. I am a psychopath and don't feel guilt or remorse." She poked her head to accentuate her point. "No little white angel telling me what's right or wrong."

"Leave Arika out of this, please," Rena begged and kneeled on the floor, mentally exhausted. Elliot was next to her and comforting her once again.

The psychopath gazed at them indifferent and began talking. "I won't and can't no matter how much you beg me, Rena. Your family, Erstin and Nina are all some of the last witnesses I must kill to leave this damned place." She then chuckled and smiled at them. "You know, Smith never loved my mother. The only reason he chose her was because my great, great, great grandmother was a psychopath too. Can you believe it? That's the most absurd reason I have ever heard!" Rena and Elliot finally started to seem afraid of the raven haired girl. "I have done some research on my own, did you know? Of course not, this is not your type of thing to do." She shook her head and continued. "Well let's see, Smith was lucky. I mean really lucky when I was born and seemed to inherited whatever made my ancestor 'crazy'. That one factor to assure your kid will be a psychopath.

"Oh but you know, playing with nature wasn't enough. Oh no, no." Natsuki shook her head again and chuckled. "Smith gave me hell and heaven while I was alive, which of course makes a mentally sane child with the potential to become a psychopath, an actual psychopath. He used the resources of the Institute once he killed Bruce Windbloom and usurped his spot." The couple's widened in shock. "Ah yes, my lovely father killed him, Rena. All for the sake of science.

"He then murdered my mother as my final string when I didn't seem to look crazy in his eyes. Then again, I should thank him. Because with my mother dead, Nina was left in the care of the one person who would return her to me. Want to know who?" She snapped her fingers and Mai came from behind the couple with a gun pointing at them. "While my little sister got Miyu Greer, Nina got a temporal guardian: Tokiha Mai. You see years ago, when good old Bruce was alive he had an affair with my mother and thus had Nina. Luckily for me, Nina stayed by my side as my 'cousin' while living with my aunt. And thus this little expended time was enough so we had a connection. So when I got committed to this place there was no other close and trustful relative she wanted to be with.

"That's were Mai enters with my mother's will, unfortunately by that time my dear friend couldn't take care of little Nina so she gave her to Sergay Wang after a coincidental accident with my aunt." Natsuki began laughing again. "Can you believe my luck again? That old man was such a homophobe! He disowned his 'daughter' when she came out of the closet!"

"Stop! Stop this!" Rena shouted, shaking her head and covering her ears. Elliot kept silence and looked away.

"I am a psychopath," Natsuki stated once again. "I don't plan to confess my evil plans for the future but I at least want to tell you how I got so far." Then the psychopath said softly. "It's the only thing I can do so Rena doesn't feel guilty."

"You…" the blonde trailed off and her knuckles tightened but didn't move. She glanced at Mai and saw her pointing the gun at the brunette, expressionless.

"Sergay Wang will die, eventually, but not yet. He is a lesser threat," the raven haired one continued her narration. "Now, Smith thought he had me at his mercy. He actually thought I was still his puppet but I showed him how wrong." And Natsuki nodded in confirmation. "Reito Kanzaki drugged my dear father. He is the one responsible for his chronic state which fits the old man.

"Now lets see, ah yes. I still needed you back then, that's why I didn't dare kill you, but it was worth the wait till you had to complicate the stuff." Natsuki played with her hair and narrowed her eyes dangerously at the blonde woman. "I have more work to do thanks to your lovely help, Elliot. A fruitless work may I add.

"Anyway, you see before becoming this marvelous person, I had sent this damned letter to my dear friend," she pointed at Mai, "confessing as to what I was becoming; but then again I was lucky." The psychopath leaned toward the couple and put both hands on her cheek. "Mai actually became useful and gave me my last piece of this game to end it perfectly. She is my outside spy."

"All these, senseless things. What's the meaning of all of it?" Rena asked confused and angry.

"To assure my innocence and those around me, of course." Natsuki declared and then smirked. "Every evil genius has a master plan and mine is about to start. In exactly…" She glanced at the busty redhead who nodded. "…now."

Immediately the couple convulsed in pain and screamed in agony. They felt every cell of their body trying to explode. The psychopath shrugged and stood up, ready to leave them. However, as she passed Rena and Elliot, the blonde gripped Natsuki's leg.

"Don't you dare think of leaving," she groaned between the insane throbbing inside her body and anger she felt toward this other woman.

Natsuki narrowed her eyes dangerously and took out her pocket knife. She stabbed it forcefully through Elliot's hand and the blonde cried out. "I hate it when filthy women touch me, Elliot." The psychopath took her knife and cleaned it on the woman's shirt. "Let's go Mai."

The redhead followed Natsuki quietly, her gun still on her hands and gripping it tightly. "Everyone is sleeping and the others are out. Do I tell Reito to start the fire?"

Natsuki didn't answer right away, she stared at the photo that hours ago she had been staring at. "Let's show them hell's fury." The raven haired strolled away while her companion sent the message to the gray haired man.

Rad and Nagi awaited them at the gates as they saw the pair coming nearer to them. A respectful bow from them and together they vanished in the dawn as Bethlem Hospital exploded in flames completely.

Natsuki barely glanced behind her before shrugging it off with a playful smirk. "A masterpiece, don't you all agree?" The man nodded and laughed heartily, simply choosing to give the young woman a bag of clothes.

"This is the farthest we can accompany Natsuki-sama," Nagi informed quietly and smiled cheerfully. "Reito-san and I will do our best to meet you the earliest possible."

"That's good to hear, Nagi." The raven haired stared at them for a while. "See you soon, my friends."

The raven psychopath scanned at the half crowded Train Station. Her eyes soon found her target: Shizuru. The chestnut haired now wore a long jean skirt and tight shirt plus a pair of leather boots. Natsuki licked her lips and reminded herself how good both of them looked in leather.

Shizuru soon felt eyes upon her and turned to stare spellbound at the full leather pants and jacket Natsuki wore, a red t-shirt emphasizing her even more. She rushed toward her lover, giving her a fierce hug and to their luck no one paid them mind. The psychopath welcomed the hug and stared at everyone else. She nodded in approval at the change of civilian clothes Yukino had chosen for them.

"Everyone knows what must be done, right?" the psychopath asked and the group nodded. "Then we will meet again, soon if fate wants it." She motioned Kazuya and the shy boy went to her eagerly. Natsuki looked at Yukino and Haruka. "Please be careful and do your best, Haruka, Yukino."

"Of course." The blonde replied enthusiastically while her lover merely muttered a 'Yes'.

Chie watched the couple leave and sighed. "Really, this is such a pain." the tomboy complained gazing at the raven haired woman.

The busty redhead at last relaxed and stood by Chie's side. "But Chie-kun will have so much fun!" Mai tried to cheer her up with a goofy smile that only annoyed the black haired girl more.

"I still don't like what I have to do or the company I have." Chie grumbled and glared at the smiling boy. "Why can Kazu-kun go with you?"

"I thought you didn't like him?" Shizuru asked raising an eyebrow.

The girl stayed in silence for a few minutes before replying. "He is better than Nao."

"I agree with you," the small redhead muttered grimly having been forced to leave her 'mother' side and stand next to Mai.

"Please you two are just alike as much as possible," Natsuki mumbled, annoyed at the children's antics. She kneeled in front of Nao. "Now be good with Mai, Nao." Then she glanced at the black haired girl. "I hope my lessons weren't for nothing Chie."

"I know when to do my job even if I don't like it." Chie said and took the busty redhead's hand. The three soon left, leaving the psychopath with her lover and the little boy.

Shizuru took Kazuya on her arms and asked. "Where are we going now, Natsuki?"

"Kyoto, of course." Natsuki smirked and looked around the crowded Train Station. After a few minutes of scanning her surroundings, her piercing eyes locked gaze with cherry red ones. "Let's not make them wait, Shizuru. After all, our lovely new friends are waiting for us."

At last, with that said, the trio disappeared in the crowd. The last glimpse of them was inside a train.

The End…for now.

Ok, yeah no omake but I believe you, my fellow readers, will have many questions and I can merely help with some I think you might have.

1. Yes, there will be a sequel though when I can not say.

2. Reito is also a drug expert and he has this aerosol sleeping gas that allows him to make everyone fall asleep instantly.

3. There's a reason why Natsuki, Shizuru and Kazuya are going to Kyoto.

4. This chapter does have slightly hints of 'who' Natsuki plans to go after.

5. YES NATSUKI IS A PSYCHOPATH! –evil laugh-

I had more…but I forgot xD anyway: I don't believe in coincidence nor luck –raises eyebrow- and I don't believe you will either after the circumstances of 'luck' Natsuki had encounter to complete her master plan.

I hope everyone enjoyed the end of this fic for now. I consider this my third masterpiece so far my first not-one-shot- fic complete. If you wish you could review, I will surely answer your doubts. Also I wouldn't mind hearing what you think of the whole fic.