Ch.1 let's begin
"Will you marry me?" He asked. Her heart felt as if it was no longer hers no longer existing inside herself as it soared with joy and streams of joys flowed down her cheeks. With a smile she answered, "As if you had to ask, Tomoe." Then she leaped into his open arms as they wrapped around her frail body.
Now it's been a few months and are about to have their wedding and Nanami seems so nervous but often thinks about ways she could unintentionally hurt Tomoe and make him have to relive his past and wonders if she's being too selfish. Thinking, "Am I taking advantage of his love or just worrying of the worst to come." Yet she hadn't thought of one part of their future while talking with Himemiko.
"Oh I'm so happy for you, you both look so happy I can almost imagine what you'll be like when you start your family Nanami." She said with little giggles. Simultaneously Tomoe and Nanami spit their drinks and coughed choking on air. Tomoe turned bright red as Nanami turned pale as she remembered what her past ancestors went through and wondered if that could even be possible to have children without the dragon king's eye.
With a sweet smile she said. "Please excuse me I'll be back in a moment." She left and walked to the fresh blooming cherry blossoms and shivered with fear of breaking her beloved's heart and makes him relive his pains. "Nanami?" Came a soft voice then whirled around to find Mikage standing a few steps behind her. Her eyes swelled with tears and she ran to him and wept into his arms. "Nanami what's the matter did someone say something to upset you?" he asked in a worried tone. She shook her head and looked up to him with fearful eyes that nearly brought him to tears. "What if I put Tomoe through the same pains as his past what if I die early like Yukiji?" Understanding her sorrows and worries with a silent whisper said something that Nanami couldn't understand but found it clear as she saw Tomoe behind him.
"Tomoe I believe you have some talking to do with your bride to be." He said with a chuckle as he pushed her into his arms and disappeared. He looked at her wide eyed and confused as he wiped her tears away. "Nanami why are you crying was it something Himemiko said or was it something I did what is it." She looked in so much pain to him and it made him sad to see his beloved this way. Her lips moved but a tiny whisper escaped her lips to where he couldn't hear it. "What did you say Nanami?" she looked up and gripped his kimono for strength. "I don't want to ever hurt you like Yukiji did, I don't want to ever let you become hurt again and I'm afraid I'm going to die if I have a child like my mother and ancestors or when I'm older and die of old age. I'm so afraid that I will hurt you to the point that my heart is shattering. I feel I'm being so selfish towards you." She said all in between sobs as she let out all of her fears for him and buried her face in his chest fearing what he might say.
"You are being selfish Nanami." He said in a quiet angry tone. She shrunk against him but was shocked as his grip tightens around her then pulls her where she could see his face. His face held its own tears but a sweet gentle smile was on his face that left her speechless. "You are so selfish in not sharing yourself with me and sharing all that worries you. Because my sweet I have the same fears of you being stripped from my life as you were all those lonely years ago. I'm frighten you may be ripped away again but for now let's enjoy this happiness let me keep you here in my arms." He then clutched her closely cradling her head in his hand and the other on the small of her back pushing her closer to him. She breathed a deep sigh and felt as if he had taken the weights on her heart and tore them aside.
She looked up to him and smiled with an inner peace. "How do you do it Tomoe? How do take away all my sorrows and worries at once with one touch or a single word to leave me breathless?" as he began to speak she placed a finger on his lips. "Let me be selfish again Tomoe, please kiss me?" He smiled and clutched her hand and kissed her palm. "You needn't ask my lady." He leaned down and gently pressed his against hers. All previous kisses were stronger with a more brutish force but this held a strong gentle passion that seemed to burn her lips and singe the touch between them. He released her and held her in an embrace so tight as if to keep her from flying away from him but she herself knew that her heart would never wander far from him.
"I love you Tomoe you know that right?" He smirked and gave a small smile and said. "I wouldn't marry you if I didn't. They both laughed in their company but didn't know of their onlooker Mikage as he smiled. His butterflies floated around him and he held his hand out as one floated toward it. "I bless this love and I bless this pure loving heart of this worthy girl." With that a swarm crowded over them glowing bright with the light of their love as they looked up in awe.
Then the day came in the late of spring where green and a variety of colors still littered the earth. All that were close were in attendance. From Nanami's school friends to Tomoe's oldest friends all attended the wedding.
"Now don't get nervous Nanami you look beautiful." Said Himemiko as she tended to Nanami's white kimono. All her friends nodded in agreement and she smiled but her eyes landed on her mother's picture and held back her tears. "I wish my mother was here to give some advice but I doubt she would since she was against men." The girls looked at each other, then the wife of the dragon king stepped forth and ran her fingers through her side ponytail. She looked as if she was a caring mother sending off her child then spoke with ever sweetness. "I know nothing of what to say on human terms of love and the things that go on during the night, but I know of the love and the vows between husband and wife and what it is to love. I look at you both and know that you hold no uncertainties in this matter little one so no advice is needed in what you already know." She smiled a gentle motherly smile and kissed her forehead and said. "I bless your joyous day and your love." With those words Nanami stood taller and more confident and smiled at her mother's picture and gave a peace sign and walked out for their ceremony.
Tomoe couldn't keep his eyes off her in her stunning beauty. The glow that came from her and that smile that melt his heart every time but then his face grew red as his mind went toward the later night but quickly turned it away as he chose to enjoy this small moment. The ceremony was lovely and they shared a sweet kiss to seal their love and went toward the after party. Girls squealed for joy Tomoe almost killed Kurama for trying to get close to Nanami. It was a day that the two couldn't stop smiling laughing and all Tomoe could think is, would his days be filled with such smiles.
The moon was full and high as all retired for the night but nerves were flying off the walls for the couple in their honeymoon room. Tomoe waited what seemed like forever and thought that his heart would choke him if it climbed in his throat any higher as it pounded to the point of breaking. Nanami thought of the words spoken before her ceremony and it calmed her as she stepped out in her night robe to find Tomoe facing the bed in a sitting position like a faithful servant. She giggled a little and he turned to face her with a little annoyed face, she then stopped and smiled down at him and he smiled back as she walked over and he rose from his sitting position to pull her into his embrace. She heard his pounding heart and he hers and the sounds seemed to calm them both. "Tomoe gently ok?" His heart skipped a beat then smiled as he leaned into a deep kiss that sent chills through both of them.
The night was nothing short of sweet passion and love between the two. Tomoe was the first to wake from the light protruding into their room and was happy it woke him to find his bare beloved beside him in all her glory. Kiss marks claimed her neck and chest and he chuckled at the thought of her protest. He trailed his fingers across her body then to her cheek and saw her eyes flutter open to give a sweet kiss. "Good morning husband." He turned beet red but then quickly regained himself. "Good morning wife." He clutched her hand that held their wedding ring and smiled. He was perturbed as he saw his claw marks from gripping her during the night she saw his gaze then said. "Don't worry I scratched you too." As shown by the red marks across his long pale back. For their free week they made love and rarely left the comfort of their room unless for food or to greet their family members.
A few years went by and the couple are strong although like old times they would bicker and fight but either Nanami or Tomoe would come to embrace the other not able to stay away for long out of fear of losing time together. In that time Kurama married Nanami's friend and were already expecting a child much to Nanami's hidden jealousy and thanks to Nanami's help the Village which had once been Mizuki's home that was below the waters was rebuilt after the waters were rerouted and Mizuki's goddess returned due to people's fears of flooding from its history but Mizuki and his goddess often come to visit. Life for them was ever so golden until….
"I thank you for allowing us to intrude on your home but I've long to see you and for you all to see our children." said Himemiko. She and her husband were the proud parents of two children. The children had characteristics of their parents but unlike them were much braver and bolder. "We've brought you the dishes you love from our swamps." Nanami's eyes lit up at the dish but turned sour as the urge to hurl took away her manners and she ran outside unable to get to the bathroom and puked over the side of the porch. Tomoe knowing the bug she had was taking action rushed to her side and moved her hair and padded her back. Their guests came over with concern for their matchmaker along with the other shrine inhabitants. "Are you alright Miss Nanami you don't look to well?" Nanami smiled and waved them off telling them she was fine. Mikage looked on in wonder until one of his butterflies flew over and landed on her stomach he looked at her and asked them politely. "Please will you two come to the main room?" The couple looked at each other and then followed as instructed and sat in front of the land god. "I believe Nanami you and Tomoe have been blessed with a child." Nanami gasped and looked at Tomoe the thoughts of all the past rushed to her but were forgotten as she looked to her flat belly and smiled on the brink of tears. Tomoe looked to her on worry but she shook her head and embraced him as she laughed and said "we're having a baby Tomoe."
He looked down at his wife as she smiled so brightly with happy sweet tears sliding down her cheeks. He had seen the envy in her eyes when she met Himemiko's and Katorou's two sons and when Kurama had his child with Ami and now saw so much joy in his fragile wife's eyes. He looked to Mikage in worry but Mikage smiled and said. "She is blessed there is no need to worry." He smiled then drew his gaze back to her as she placed his hand to her belly." We can't feel him yet but we will soon wont we." She said in such a happy tone as she rubbed her belly.
That night they lay bare in their bed as Tomoe rested against her belly listening to his child's heartbeat. He wondered what the child would be like how he would grow who he would look like all these questions swarmed his head. "I've only held a child once before," he said in a low tone, "It was Yukiji's daughter, so tiny and frail I was worried the child might break in my hands. I wonder if our child would be like that." He nuzzled into her belly earning a soft giggle from Nanami making him smile. "I just hope he has your ears then he'd be more adorable than everyone's children. He looked up at her with a perturbed face saying. "So the only reason you love me or our child to be is our ears?" She giggled as he began to tickle her then pin her beneath him but gave him a surprise kiss as they molded together. She stopped and looked up at him. "I love all of you Tomoe. Your different expressions, the way you tell me you love me, how hard you work but most of all... How your heart belongs to me alone or..." She thought for a moment and giggled as he cocked his head. "Or to your daughter." As she reached down to her belly and looked to find Tomoe smiling but then frowned and sighed into her breasts. "We won't be able to have love now that we are having a baby now I don't think I can hold out." He felt her stomach quiver and looked up to find her holding in laughter but then couldn't hold it in anymore and burst into little giggles and snickers. Again flustered Tomoe asked, "And what my beloved is so funny." She stopped laughing taking in deep breaths, wiping her tears away then cupped his face and piled him in for a deep kiss. "We can we just have to be very gentle Tomoe and take it slow as not to hurt him or her ok?" With that another round of love swept over the night. It lasted long and they took time with each other until they fell asleep in their arms.