Leaning to Love you

CHAPTER 10
Under water and stars.

DISCLAIMER: umm I am not really sure what to put in this but I do not own any of the characters of Mysterious play except my original characters. If the story or characters resembles anyone elses I am sorry because I cant claim to have read all fanfiction.

Stuff in Italics reprisent characters thoughts.

My spelling may be wrong for a couple of things I'm not sure how they are pronounced.

This is my first piece of work so please tell me if it REALLY SUCKS!

Hitomi walked off deep in thought.

"SO RECCA IS REALLY A GIRL! I thought you looked to feminine. So come on girl lets go for a walk." Leered one of the bandits.

Her thoughts were interrupted and she turned angrily her eyes flashing.

"I would not act so cocky. I am a better fighter than you and will hurt you if you make another comment like that you filthy Ba#$$#"

"oooh little pretty girl has a dirty mouth! You want to fight? Come on home, lets wrestle"said the shameless bandit with a perverted grin.

She took up a fighting stance, wanting to kill the bandit.

"You better not bother her Cinko, she is going to marry the boss. He won't like that you are flirting with his woman." said Natsume coming up from behind.

Cinko walked off, muttering under his breath.

"Stay the hell out of my problems you meddling brat! And don't go around telling people I belong to your fanged faced boss. I DON'T!" said a very angry Hitomi, storming off.

MEN! I really cant stay here any more. Too many henti desperate men. I'll end this stupid engagement and then..and then..what will I do? I have got the staff and killed Masa and the others.The only reason people will back off here is because of fang boy…like I want that.

Hitomi walked towards the forest to think and find some peace. Golden amber eyes followed her movement. I wonder where she is going. Everytime the engagement comes up something interrupts. Should I follow her. NO SHE WANTS TO BE ALONE! But..what if… "jus go after her moron u no u want to" said the nagging voice in his head.

In the middle of all the green was a small water fall into the river below. The area was surrounded by trees and was secluded. The wind was blowing softly and the sun was bright. The whole area was calm and the sparkling water looked so tempting.

Wow what a beautiful spot…No one seems to be around

Hitomi had always loved the water. Her mother had used her powers to create splashes and waves for hitomi to play in. Her blue eyes filled with sadness remembering her mother. What was she to do now?

Impusive as ever hitomi took off her robes tied it around a rock and threw in down the cliff into the bushes below. After taking a deep breath she dived into the water bellow squealing as the cold water hit her. Not far off a panic stricken Tasuki began to run towards the scream.

SHIT!! THAT IDIOT!! She…she fell or tried to kill herself thought tasuki when he came to the cliff and saw the ripples below. Without thinking he jumped. KUSO! I can't swim! How can I save her??

Hitomi tensed as she heard a splash. Who was it now? Had that pervert Cinko followed her? She was furious and surfaced to look around. She saw someone floundering and blubbering.

"HI,,HIT,,HITOMI! I…save…HELP!"

Oh god this idiot followed me and fell in? She began swimming away from him. Quickly she realized he was not following. He was not above water. KUSO HE CANT SWIM!!

She dove under and swam fast towards him. In his struggles tasuki had managed to hit his head and was drowning.

Back on shore a panting Hitomi dragged an unconscious Tasuki.. "DONT U DARE DIE ON ME FANG BOY!!" she shouted terrified and in tears.

I did not know he could not swim. Suzaku save him please. Why do I care so much? "He is not a Bad guy that's why…you may even.." she shut out the annoying inner voice. I have to think. She tried to remember what her mother told her about getting water out of the body. Making her hand a tube she blew hard into his mouth. It did not seem to work.

Suddenly she remembered. She covered his nose placed her mouth over his and forced air into him. After a few tries Tasuki spit up water.

"You're safe Hitomi?" he said before passing out.

He..he thought I was in trouble? THAT THAT IDIOT!! He did not know how to swim and jumped in to try and save me. Why?

F$ my head!! Am I dead? I seem to be pretty close too often these days. Reminds me of Miaka times.. KUSO don't think about her now. Wait! What happened to Hitomi? Tasuki was just waking up. He opened his eyes and focused.

He surpressed a gasp. Hitomi was sitting by a fire in nothing but his shirt on her.It came upto her knees Her hair was open and she looked breathtaking in the firelight. It was dark and all he could see or wanted to see was her. With some effort he lowerd his eyes and loudly shifted around to get her attention.

"Good you are awake. I was not sure when you would wake up. NOW WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING???" She said first smiling then glaring at him. Her eyes still had concern though.

He felt too tired to fight. "I guess I wasn't." he shrugged. She seemed thrown off by his lack of annoyance.

She sat beside him. "Wait! Don't get up yet." She handed him his trousers. He realized he was covered in her robe. "Don't worry I din see or do anything. I did not want you to get sick and I needed to dry your clothes. I'l give you your shirt soon. Just change and hand me my robe." She said blushing.

He grinned awkwardly and wore his pants. She changed behind the bushes and then they sat awkwardly close to the fire away from one another in silence.

"Uh I guess I should thank you for emmm saving me. I was stupid and.."

"No need. We are even now… and people make mistakes. But yes it was silly to try and save someone in water without knowing how to swim." She replied laughing.

"Thanks for trying though." She said with a real smile.

"umm why are we not fighting?" Tasuki wondered out loud. "Kyae must have give us some weird medicine..heehee"

"I think we are both too tired too. I did not go for help because I was exhausted plus I could not carry you that far. You really scared me..nearly drowned..because of me.." The last part was said so softly that he almost did not hear it.

Tasuki moved closer to her and put an arm on her shoulder. " Nothing would have happened…its not your fault. You got me out in time."

She stiffened momentarily under his touch then relaxed. "well I gave you the kiss of life" she said mischiviously.

"WHAT!! You tried the same thing I did and IT WORKED? HOW? Huh WHAT? BUT.."

"nono! Shut up and listen." She told him what happened. Things were awkward again for a while.

Man one of us seems to be unconscious everytime we kiss..WAIT everythime??? since when do I want to kiss her.. KUSO!! This female is driving me crazy. I'm sure I'm just curious. After all she is hot. DAMNIT I shoud stop thinking.

Oh Suzaku why do I wonder what it will be like to really kiss this idiot of a man? He is so annoying. Its just curiosity…nothing else..I hope.

Hitomi noticed him lookin at her... I better end this now.

"Emm Genrou about this engagement and all.. I know u don't want it…Hell you did not even know about it. I really don't want it either so I guess..what I'm trying to say is that..I know u don't want this and neither do I so lets end it." She ended quickly looking down…embarrassed slightly.

He looked at her shocked. WAIT she did not want this. I should be happy right? But will she still stay I hope so..

"Wow..and here I was worrying about hurting your feelings heehee.. I should have known you are not a girl..I mean like other females."

They both smiled but not really seeming happy.

"So do you want to go back now?" she hesitantly asked.

Do I…I don't know I don't want to leave it like this. This unpredictable girl might just take off and I'll never see her again..Do I care? Nahh I…I…I'm just worried that's all.

"I'm still really tired and my head hurts…If you really want to go we can. But moving here in the dark is tricky and.."

"You're right I'm sure someone is looking for us anyway. Its warm enough near the fire we can…we can just wait here." She said,

She lay down " I love watching the stars and constellations." She sighed.

Tasuki looked surprised. It was the first real casual statement she had made. She looked so peaceful…so beautiful.

He lay down beside her and looked up. "Those are all the Suzaku constellations."

He told her the story of his adventure. She listened attentively. He noticed tears in her eyes that she refused to let fall when he told her of the deaths of his brother seshi. She noticed and ignored the shake in his voice as he relived those painful moments. He had been through so much.

At the end they lay in comfortable silence watching the stars glitter above. Tasuki felt a warm hand squeeze his hand and turned to face Hitomi.

"You really loved that girl Miaka didn't you? You still do I see it. You don't have to hide it. I know you have been through a lot. I never knew till today how much though."

For once it did not seem to hurt to think about Miaka. It seemed like Hitomi understood pain from personal experience. Tasuki felt at peace after a long time.

He smiled. "So does this mean peace? Friends now?"

She wrinkled up her nose really cutely " Well I guess so. BUT this does not mean I wont tell you when you act like an idiot."

They both laughed..

After a while Tasuki noticed Hitomi had fallen asleep. I wont ask her to tell me anything till she is ready too. But I want her to stay for some reason I really want to be around this girl. He closed his eyes and fell asleep too..

Tomorrow will be an interesting day was the last thing he thought.

He moved closer to her.. She stirred a bit when she felt his arms wrap around her. It felt so comfortable..so warm.. unconsciously she moved closer to him and fell into a deeper sleep.

Back at the stronghold chichiri opened his eyes…He smiled…Tasuki's chi was at peace he had been right not to go looking for him.

Tomorrow would be an interesting day thought Chichiri

To be continued…

NOTE: Sorry it took so long to update this. College is way too hectic. I will update as soon as I figure out what makes "tomorrow interesting'..Let me know what u think so far and any suggestions are welcome.