Chapter 10

Shino

A/N: Hello! This is in Jin's point of view. It's just a short chapter on Shino and Nai and how he feels about them both. It's just a little insight into exactly how much he love's Nai compared to Shino. This is gonna be short but there's a surprise! ^_^

I opened my eyes and watched as she combed her hair, her back to me. I clearly remembered what had happened not that long ago and felt no regrets, none at all, "Let's leave this place."

I meant what I said, or at least it felt like I did. She stopped her movements, "Where would we go?" I couldn't understand why she was questioning me.

"I can't let you do this anymore." My strong sense of duty and my other feelings spoke for me. Shino didn't need to suffer.

"You make it sound so easy." She gave an airy laugh, "Do you know how much it costs to buy a prostitute's freedom? Even if there were a hundred of you, you wouldn't have enough to afford it."

Why was she talking like this? She couldn't be happy with this life, I was giving her a chance. I sat up and stood, making my way over to her. I saw her smiling face in the mirror. She looked over her shoulder at me and smiled again, her chocolate eyes twinkling at me. That's not rite, Shino has black eyes.

I put my hands on her back and she sighed as I moved her shiny brown hair away from her skin and kissed her shoulder. Trailing my fingers across the scar on her back, this was Nai.

She stood, leaving my touch. I looked up and the scar was gone. Dark eyes filled with pain looked over at me from a pale shoulder, "I'm sorry but our little fantasy is over. The real world is waiting for me."

It was confusing. At one moment I was with Shino and at the other, Nai. The difference in their eyes struck me. The varying beauty, the pain, the strength.

"We're leaving." Before I knew it I was running with her, through the fog. I knew what to do. I had to help her. We came to the docks.

"Where are we going?"

I helped her onto the boat and stood on the dock. She closed her onyx eyes and I took the chance to push the boat away. She opened them quickly, "Jin!" She reached out from me, but stopped for she couldn't reach.

My heart hurt. It hurt to watch her drift away from me, "Jin! Please!" I looked up, tears were spilling from her chocolate eyes as she reached out for me. Her hair, loose from its bindings flowing over her in chocolate rivers, "…Nai? Nai!"

"Jin! Jin!" I felt myself taking steps, steps I didn't take for Shino, moving into the water to go after her. "Nai!"

She kept reaching out for me, "JIN! JIN!"

I felt myself being torn apart from the inside out. Her screams and cries sounded so tortured. She sounded as if she was dying. "JIN!"

"Nai! Nai! NAI!"

The boat caught fire and the flames licked at her. I tried to swim but the water felt so dense. I never felt so helpless as I watched the flames lick at her. She continued to scream my name until I closed my eyes, unable to take it.

"Jin. Jin wake up. Hey."

I opened my eyes to her smiling face, which I reached out and touched. "You ok?"

She chuckled, "Am I ok? Your lucky those two sleep like rocks."

I looked over at the snoring duo behind her and the fire that had died down. "Jin," she touched my face, just under my eye, "You're crying."

I stood silently and pulled her up with me. "Jin, where are we going?"

I silently pulled her along. That dream told me something. When Fuu told me that I was saving Shino out of pity, it was true. I confused love with pity. I didn't go after Shino, I went after Nai.

She stopped dead and I stopped too, "Jin, who's Shino? You were saying her name in your sleep, then you were close to screaming mine. That's why I woke you up."

I told her of Shino, and of my dream. When I was done she stared at the ground instead of looking at my face. "Nai…"

She got up and ran, the last thing I thought she'd do. I ran after her/ I lost her after a while, the sound of water blocking out what I might have heard. I stepped slowly, looking around.

"Hey."

I tried not to jump physically as she hung upside down from the tree. She smiled at me. "You are very honorable Jin."

She flipped down gracefully and looked at me, "Why didn't you go after her? Didn't you love her?"

"I thought I did."

"But?"

I just stared at her, "Are you angry?"

She smiled as if the idea was ludicrous, "No."

I didn't realize we were on a small cliff above a lake until she moved to the edge. I watched as she reached up and released her hair, letting it fall in rivers. I watched every move as she undid the obi on her kimono. Its length was already alluring, and she teased by slipping it off her shoulders. She dropped it to the ground and looked back at me.

I took that as my queue to get closer. So I did, she let me touch her, my slim fingers skimmed over her tan skin. Up her neck, over her jaw, and resting on her lips. She smirked under my fingers and jumped.

I found myself in the water not long after, topless. My katanas abandoned. She was teasing. I felt hands on my back and turned. She wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me. It was filled with such passion, need, and love. She freed my own hair and gripped it in her hands.

This felt rite, my whole body was on fire despite the cool water.

"Jin."

I grabbed her thighs and wrapped her legs around me, I knew what she felt. I wanted her to feel it again.

"Ah!"

I ground against her before pushing her back onto a rock. She bit her lip and leaned forward, kissing my chest.

I let a sound slip past my lips and she did it again. The feeling was amazing. "Jin, I trust you." She whispered against my neck.

I grunted as her fingers grabbed the top of my pants, tugging. I pulled on her own bottoms, and freed her from her top. "Your beautiful Nai." She pulled off my glasses and smiled at me, "So are you."

She whimpered as I pressed at her entrance. I controlled my self and pushed in slow. She threw her head back and moaned loudly. I was getting feedback that was totally different from Shino.

I moved slowly at first, fighting myself to do so. Every time I pushed or pulled she made a sound. She started to grip and my shoulders, "Jin, oh god, please."

I loved the sound of my name on her lips. I picked up my rhythm and her grip tightened, "J-J-Ah!"

I lost all control and her head lolled back again, I attacked her neck, this was so rite. It was what I wanted. She felt so tight around me, as if she was made for me. "Mm…ah…mmm…Jin."

I moved my gaze to her face. I wanted to watch as it twisted in pleasure. I changed my pace again and she scratched along my back and screamed. She wrapped her legs tighter, pushing me deeper. "Nai!"

I let it fall from my lips and I leaned forward into her ear so she could hear me over her own loud moans, "I love you."

"I lu-Ah…Ah! Jin! Jin!"

I pulled her closer, digging deeper still, "Nai, I love you."

"I love…mmm…I love you Jin."

That was all I needed to hear. I felt completely at peace like this. I felt…complete. All those years of running. Believing I had no purpose. I had friends, and I had this. I had love. I had Nai.