Yay! Hello again so I tend to jump around because, let's be honest the chances of Aik being everywhere Yusuke is during every vital mission whilst working for her parents and handling school are slim. I am trying to keep this as realistic as a fan fiction environment can be. Aiko is a B student and she studies hard for those B's missing a day or two is fine, missing a week without a proper reason would make Lady Shino mad. But thank you thank you or the reviews. I feel I have made you have to explain why you love it or hate it and that isn't right. It isn't necessary to do either, I just feel it will help keep this story alive. But leave a review on whatever you feel about the story. I do not own any YYH characters just Aiko, Lady Shino and Madame Red.
Takeshi P.O.V:
I stared at them in shock and confusion. There were bright paper streamers decorating the kitchen and in front was a cake with candles lit. Yusuke and Botan were there as well smiling and singing Happy Birthday to me. Another ningen tradition. I watched as they brought the cake to me and told me blow out the candles. It was embarrassing but this was my family and I did as they asked to which they cheered, the idiot boy even smeared some on my face. Should I be celebrating, my comrade was to give his life for his mother on the full moon. Yet here I was with his pursuers, an employee of Spirit world and one in a tattered ripped outfit reeking of Goki, which meant Goki was out of the picture leaving Hiei and Kurama was dead right? Good that ogre was slime and should've been wiped off this world long ago. I glanced at Aiko who held an expression of concern and overall looked distracted. In front of her were two boxes, but one of them left me slightly off. Her fingers traced the box absently as if she truly weren't there. "Hey we have to go, remember the rules. We look for the rest of them after the full moon." Yusuke shouted at me and I curtly nodded.
She jumped as the door swung close back and forth till it settled. "Takeshi." She said then holding the first box to me. I stared at the wrapping paper which was covered in laughing panda in different positions. "They aren't much, but they were all I really could afford." She continued still looking away blushing. Was she thinking about what happened upstairs? Was it my 'community service' or our little session of foreplay? I took it from her ignoring as Lady Shino and Madame Red hovered over me. I opened it with little hassle, the wrapping was done in haste and sloppy. Definitely Aiko's handiwork. I opened it and smiled at its contents. Hair pins, the first was silver and had light blue stones set in it. I had an affinity for these, more collection type than wearing but often Aiko or Lady Shino enjoyed fooling around with my hair. The second was a dark ebony color metal in the shape of a dragon with reds and whites adorning it like scales. And the third was also silver but resembled a peacock. The greens and blues would better fit Aiko than I, but this was a gift and it was rude to tell her it wasn't for me. Once more I watched her grip the last present in her hand shuddering slightly and I couldn't help but feel something build in my chest. How familiar this feeling was and how it brought me a feeling of peace and nostalgia.
"Well Aiko sweetie, give him his last present." Madame Red said gently nudging her shoulder. I pulled my chair up feeling oddly giddy. Was this the shock of my current situation wearing off? Aiko sighed and beamed at me and walked over to me handing em the box and looking away with a pout.
"It isn't exactly a male gift but… I almost got attacked by some old woman for grabbing this rather than that necklace… here you go broody." She said turning to me slightly with a grin. I stared at her waiting for her to say it was a joke before she turned to me fully. "Here." She said softly and I smiled at her brightly causing her to hesitate. It was probably another hairpin. I grabbed the box from her gently touching her fingertips watching the hair rise on her arms. I quietly opened the box hearing Aiko's heart pick up. As the lid fell off everything stopped.
"Where'd you get this little one?" I asked quietly reaching into the box wrapping my finger around the chain feeling it become warm underneath my touch, recognizing me.
"You don't like it huh? I wasn't trying to make you more feminine Takeshi, that… that seemed right. When I gra-"she didn't finish as I slipped it on and whatever remnants of me that I had left in it pulsed to life. I watched as she clutched the counter as the remainder of my power I had left to anchor me to this world bled into me, filling me up like a warm flame.
"On the contrary, little one. It's an old trinket of mine. Very old and very important." I told her staring at the ruby red pendant.
"Takeshi, what is this?" Aiko asked and I stood up to steady her and her cheeks heated up. It wasn't much I had left in my gem, a small piece of my soul and the proper incantations wouldn't have saved whatever was left from my dying body that day as my life fluids had slipped from me. I stared at her wanting nothing more than to thank her in the only way I knew how. But she wasn't a demon nor was she a common fling. This human had accomplished what I couldn't. She found my amulet and brought it to me. My question was how.
"Where'd you get this little one?" I asked low lifting her chin enjoying how I made her shudder. With that last remnant of me old tendencies began to arise. I was lusting after her, it had been 15 years since I felt this way. I was intoxicated by my own power no matter how minimal the amount had been. I could attempt to use my power see how much I gained back and walk through her mind. But not to Aiko.
"That old lady, she had it but wanted to give me another." She started collecting herself. I arched a brow. An old hag had my pendant. A demon? No Aiko would have sensed it. Should I care? Honestly the woman knew not of the value this pendant had to let a human ningen have it. "What just happened to you Takeshi?" she asked staring up at me, not in fear but in curiousity.
Her dual colored eyes glimmered and I could have sworn they were indeed different shades of color once more.
"Little one, I owe you for nearly breaking my promise. Let me let you in." I paused waiting for her acknowledgement. "Is it too much?" I asked motioning to me. She pulled away sitting on the counter and shaking her head completely recovered.
"No Keshi, it isn't too much, it feels as strong as when Hiei flares up to bother me." She answered staring at me. She turned to see Madame Red and Lady Shino had long left once I opened the box. Had they known? And if so, why didn't they tell Aiko? "So upstairs… what was that… exactly?" she asked blushing but looking at me. Here I stood, more energy radiating from me that she was used to, with a trinket she had never seen that was important to me and she was more unsettled by barely a pinch of foreplay. Had I found Aiko's kryptonite, after years of her questioning my sexuality and relationship with Kurama? Very well.
"Did it bother you? A little bigger than you expected?" I purred stepping between her thighs causing her to gasp. Her eyes went wide and she stared at me, mouth moving as she tried to find words. "Melted in my hands Aiko, what would happen if my hands were in your pants, would you make little sounds for-" I continued only to have her cover my mouth with her hand her face bright red as she looked somewhere else. She was flustered. Who would have thought Aiko was truly innocent in mind as she was in body.
"You shut your filthy pervy mouth, you pervert." She said nibbling her lip. I tried to stifle laughter but only to burst out into a fit of it. My sides began to ache as it continued and tears formed at my eyes. Pervert, was that it? When I finally stopped I stared at her bewildered expression. I arched a brow, through soft chuckles of course, at her expression. "I never heard you laugh like that." She said then and I paused as she smiled up at me revealing those dainty little teeth small dimples showing. She pulled herself up onto her knees so she looked down at me eyes filled with that raw emotion again. Her breath fanned across my lips as her eyes slid close when her lips touched mine I felt her melt into me and I wrapped my arms at her waist feeling that tremor through her body. Her hand made its way to the back of my head and she held me there as I often did to her, the second hand rested on my shoulder bunching up my shirt in her fists. She pressed our mouths closer and my eyes shot open, the kiss had turned violent and I parted my lips to avoid either of from cutting our mouths on teeth. Her tongue darted into my mouth, tasting and prodding around. There was a sense of urgency to this and I grinned into it. I groaned as she pressed her body against mine hearing her let out a frustrated mewl. She pulled away then breathing harshly as she stared at me a dark light to those eyes. A glimmer of lust and possession making something in the back of my mind stir.
"Don't you ever keep secrets from me again, Takeshi. You aren't allowed to anymore you idiot. You tell me everything; stop leaving me in the dark. I know it's what I wanted but… I don't want to lose you Takeshi. Losing you scares me more than knowing more about the bad things that go bump in the night. I don't want to find out too late that you are dying or dead. You got lucky this time, next time you won't!" she yelled tears falling from her face but her eyes held a heat to them. "I may not be a demon but you are my family, you are my best friend, my thug and you are my sorry pain in the ass demon! And I will hold you to your promise." she spat at me cupping my face before wrapping her arms around my shoulders and sobbing. I froze in place before smiling against her hair, whispering words to her just as I had the night when she came back from Yatsude's hideout. I pet her hair gently nuzzling her softly. I don't know how long I held her or how long she cried but when she settled down I told her softly to look at me as I pulled away. She did eyes red and puffy and face tear-stricken. I had a chance to make this better?
"Alright love, no more secrets. Come let's go upstairs, I'll tell you everything starting with the little bat demon who soon became the second in command to Youko, the King of Thieves, I'll tell you of the bat's adventures of lust and treasure. As well as his downfall and rebirth. I'll even include his ningen thorn in his side with the pretty dual eyes and a sense of humor that made the bat blush." I offered helping her off the counter and kissing her forehead as she wiped her eyes.
"Does she have big boobs?" she asked smiling at me weakly causing me to chuckle.
"No, not at all. But there was never-" I answered grabbing her hand with a smile.
" A dull moment." She finished with a grin that made me rethink the thought of just ravishing her. I nodded though. There truly wasn't.